Cambridge Introduction to Toni Morrison

Informationen zum Autor Tessa Roynon teaches American literature at the University of Oxford. Author of Toni Morrison and the Classical Tradition: Transforming American Culture (2013) and co-editor of African Athena: New Agendas (2011), she has published articles on Morrison widely, including in the Journal of American Studies and African American Review. Klappentext Lively and accessibly written, this Introduction offers readers a guide to the complex and rewarding literature of Toni Morrison. Zusammenfassung Offers readers a guide to Toni Morrison and her fiction! from her status on the global intellectual stage to her engagement with the African-American experience. Lively and accessibly written! this text is ideal for readers approaching Morrison for the first time as well as those already familiar with her work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Life; 2. Works; 3. Contexts; 4. Reception; Notes; Guide to further reading; Index.

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• Authors: Tessa Roynon, Tessa (University of Oxford) Roynon, Roynon Tessa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2012
• EAN: 9781107003910
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00391-0
• No. of pages: 153
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form