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More About This Title Toni Morrison - Writing the Moral Imagination
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- 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
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Valerie Smith is Dean of the College, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, and Professor of English and African American Studies at Princeton University, USA. Her numerous awards include fellowships from the Alphonse G. Fletcher Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Smith is also the author of Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative (1988) and Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings (1998).
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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
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“In sum, Valerie Smith has risen to the challenge of presentation and synthesis, while making a personal contribution to Morrison scholarship.” (Cercles, 1 December 2015)
“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)
