Summary
Toni Morrison is considered a novelist of extraordinary gifts, and by her own assertion is an African-American nationalist and a Marxist feminist. Critical work in this volume covers topics such as the fictional world of Morrison, mixed genres and the logic of slavery in Beloved, and community and nature of Morrison's novels. Also included is an informative biography of the writer, a complete bibliography of her work, and a list of critical work about the writer.
Contents
User's guideThe work in the writer / Harold Bloom
Introduction / Harold Bloom
Biography of Toni Morrison / Ellyn Sanna
Filling the gaps : the fictional world of Toni Morrison / Thomas March
Mixed genres and the logic of slavery in Toni Morrison's Beloved / Carl D. Malmgren
Community and nature : the novels of Toni Morrison / Barbara Christian
Chronology.
Additional Information
| Series | Bloom's biocritiques. |
| Subjects |
Morrison, Toni
-- Criticism and interpretation.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. African Americans in literature. |
| Publisher | Philadelphia :Chelsea House Publishers,2002 |
| Contributors |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Language |
English |
| Description |
xiii, 108 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography Notes |
"Works by Toni Morrison": page 95. Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100) and index. |
| ISBN | 0791061809 (hardcover) 0791071138 (pbk.) |
| Other | Classic View |