A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison-fiction, non-fiction, and other-drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts, Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, second edition provides an overview of Morrison's intellectual growth as an artist. Linda Wagner-Martin aligns Morrison's novels with the works of Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, assessing her works as among the most innovative, and most significant, worldwide, of the past fifty plus years. The revised edition includes new discussion of God Help the Child, The Origin of Others, and The Source of Self-Regard. These additions present and intensify scholarship on Morrison's major literary contributions, but also trace her significant role as a public intellectual, bringing to light the consistency of Morrison's aesthetic and political visions.
| ISBN: | 9783030885892 |
| Publication date: | 9th February 2022 |
| Author: | Linda WagnerMartin |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | Literary Lives |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Cultural studies Literary theory Literature: history and criticism Fiction |
A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison-fiction, non-fiction, and other-drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts, Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, second edition provides an overview of Morrison's intellectual growth as an artist. Linda Wagner-Martin aligns Morrison's novels with the works of Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, assessing her works as among the most innovative, and most significant, worldwide, of the past fifty plus years. The revised edition includes new discussion of God Help the Child, The Origin of Others, and The Source of Self-Regard. These additions present and intensify scholarship on Morrison's major literary contributions, but also trace her significant role as a public intellectual, bringing to light the consistency of Morrison's aesthetic and political visions.
Toni Morrison features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Cultural studies, Literary theory, Literature: history and criticism, Fiction
Toni Morrison is available in Paperback
Toni Morrison was written by Linda WagnerMartin and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Toni Morrison has 244 pages
Yes it is part of Literary Lives series
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