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The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison. Modernist Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness.
John Duvall
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Description for The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison. Modernist Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness.
Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim. Using new biographical information, he explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel Prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing becomes clear: the question of identity was not a given for Morrison.
Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim. Using new biographical information, he explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel Prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing becomes clear: the question of identity was not a given for Morrison.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312234027
SKU
V9780312234027
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About John Duvall
JOHN DUVALLl is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University.
Reviews for The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison. Modernist Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness.
'...an important contribution to Morrison criticism...it gestures toward powerful issues at the center of Morrison's work...' - Erik Dussere, Novel 'The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison is, without question, the most engaging book on Morrison I have ever read.' - Michael Awkward '..an effective new way to read one of ... Read more