Toni Morrison - Writing the Moral Imagination

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.
* Offers provocative new insights and a refreshingly original contribution to the scholarship of one of the most important contemporary American writers
* Analyzes 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
* Features extended analyses of Morrison's lesser-known works, most recent novels, and books for children as well as the key texts

List of contents

Acknowledgments vii
 
Introduction 1
 
1 The Bluest Eye and Sula 19
 
2 Song of Solomon and Tar Baby 41
 
3 Beloved 61
 
4 Jazz and Paradise 77
 
5 Books for Young Readers, Love and A Mercy 99
 
Epilogue: Home 131
 
Further Reading 137
 
Works Cited 141
 
Index 147

About the author

Mariëlle S. Smith es escritora, coach de redacción, y editora. Vive en Chipre, desde donde organiza retiros privados para escritores, encuentra inspiración en cada rincón, y alimenta más gatos callejeros de los que puede contar.

Summary

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.

Report

"This concise volume will be of special value to less experienced (including high school) readers who want to go deeply into Toni Morrison's work, and it provides an invaluable starting point for anyone who wants to understand the works themselves in their cultural contexts. Highly recommended." (Choice, 1 March 2013)

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Smith, Valerie (Princeton University) Smith
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2014
• EAN: 9781118917695
• ISBN: 978-1-118-91769-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature; Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Amerikanische Literatur, Literature, USA /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte, Morrison, Toni, Literaturkritik u. -geschichte, Literary Criticism & History, American Literature, Introductions to Literature, Einführungen in die Literatur