The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison

The most substantial collection of critical essays on Morrison to appear since her death in mid-2019, this book contains previously unpublished essays which both acknowledge the universal significance of her writing even as they map new directions. Essayists include pre-eminent Morrison scholars, as well as scholars who work in cultural criticism, African American letters, American modernism, and women''s writing. The book includes work on Morrison as a public intellectual; work which places Morrison''s writing within today''s currents of contemporary fiction; work which draws together Morrison''s "trilogy" of Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise alongside Dos Passos'' USA trilogy; work which links Morrison to such Black Atlantic artists as Lubaina Himid and others as well as work which offers a reading of "influence" that goes both directions between Morrison and Faulkner. Another cluster of essays treats seldom-discussed works by Morrison, including an essay on Morrison as writer of children''s books and as speaker for children''s education. In addition, a "Teaching Morrison" section is designed to help teachers and critics who teach Morrison in undergraduate classes. T Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison is wide-ranging, provocative, and satisfying; a fitting tribute to one of the greatest American novelists.>

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Reames, Linda Wagner-Martin
• Assisted by: Kelly Reames (Editor), Reames Kelly (Editor), Linda Wagner-Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2024
• EAN: 9781350504905
• ISBN: 978-1-350-50490-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 244 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, 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 / American / African American & Black