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Overview
The essays in this volume represent the range of different approaches which critics have taken to Toni Morrison's work. However, the essays have not neglected the traditional fare of scholarship and provide insights into the structure, themes, language and context of her novels which will prove invaluable to new readers and those already familiar with her work. The essays have been selected also for their contribution to current debates in African-American literary criticism. African-American and European critics discuss Morrison's work in relation to debates over, for example, the essentialist or syncretist nature of African-American writing, the complex nature of African-American identities, the black nationalist aesthetic, and the relevance of European and non-European critical models to black American writers.
Synopsis
The essays in this volume represent the range of different approaches which critics have taken to Toni Morrison's work.
Booknews
In this revised edition of his critical study of the works of author and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Peach (literature, Loughborough U.) continues his exploration of Morrison's extensive and complex use of verbal narrative, not only of the slave, but also of the black folktale, the Southern Romance, the American city novel, the utopian narrative and others. He argues that Morrison's work is based on her knowledge of how these narratives have been instrumental in the fate of historical accounts, prioritizing some, obscuring others, and that as her work has progressed, it demonstrates an increasing awareness of the complexities of historiography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)