Toni Morrison

Writing the Moral Imagination

By:

Valerie Smith

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature

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This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate s aesthetic practice and her political vision, through an analysis of the key texts as well as her lesser-studied works, books for children, and most recent novels. * 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

Author Biography:

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).

Release date NZ

September 5th, 2014

Author

Valerie Smith

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

176

Series

Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature

Dimensions

154x231x9

ISBN-13

9781118917695

Product ID

22546020

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