Description for Toni Morrison
Paperback. Provides an overview of criticism about the work of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book also offers an introduction to the key works and issues in African-American literary scholarship. Editor(s): Peach, Linden. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 4KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
This New Casebook provides an overview of the criticism of work by Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature, and an introduction to the key works and issues in African-American literary scholarship. It is supported by the first annotated bibliography of the different critical approaches which have been taken to Morrison's fiction. The essays provide insights into the structure, themes, language and contexts of her novels which will prove invaluable for both new readers and those already familiar with her work.
This New Casebook provides an overview of the criticism of work by Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature, and an introduction to the key works and issues in African-American literary scholarship. It is supported by the first annotated bibliography of the different critical approaches which have been taken to Morrison's fiction. The essays provide insights into the structure, themes, language and contexts of her novels which will prove invaluable for both new readers and those already familiar with her work.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
New Casebooks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333659151
SKU
V9780333659151
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Linden Peach
LINDEN PEACH is Reader in Contemporary Literature, Loughborough University. He was previously Principal Lecturer and Head of the School of English, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds. He is the author of Toni Morrison, Macmillan Modern Novelists Series, 1995, and his other publications include: Angela Carter, Macmillan 1997; Ancestral Lines: Culture and Identity in the Work ... Read more
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