Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison
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This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate s aesthetic practice and her political vision, through an analysis of the key texts as well as her lesser-studied works, books for children, and most recent novels.
This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate's aesthetic practice and her political vision, through an analysis of the key texts as well as her lesser-studied works, books for children, and most recent novels.
Toni Morrison offers provocative new insights and a refreshingly original contribution to the scholarship of one of the most important contemporary American writers. It analyses the celebrated fiction of Morrison in relation to her critical writing about the process of reading and writing literature, the relationship between readers and writers, and the cultural contributions of African-American literature.
The book features extended analyses of Morrison's lesser-known works, most recent novels, and books for children as well as the key texts.
Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
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Cercles praised Valerie Smith for successfully presenting and synthesising Morrison scholarship while adding a distinctive personal contribution.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781118917695
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 September 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 222g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Valerie Smith is Dean of the College, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, and Professor of English and African American Studies at Princeton University, USA. Her numerous awards include fellowships from the Alphonse G. Fletcher Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Smith is also the author of Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative (1988) and Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings (1998).
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