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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-10144111968X

ISBN-139781441119681

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Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameToni Morrison : Paradise, Love, a Mercy

Publication Year2012

SubjectAmerican / African American, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorLucille P. Fultz

SeriesBloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

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ReviewsMorrison scholar Lucille P. Fultz has assembled a collection of essays on the later works of Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison by leaders in the field of Morrison scholarship. These beautifully written, varied, and provocative studies on Paradise , Love , and A Mercy provide readers with new vistas of exploration into the works of this literary giant., What an excellent and absorbing essay collection focused on three of the Toni Morrison's most recent novels. That these newer works have been taken up in critical analysis far less frequently than her earlier novels makes this volume all the more appealing, groundbreaking and revelatory. From Lucille Fultz's introduction, it captures the global significance of Morrison's legacy and the worldwide scale of its celebration-a byproduct of her literary brilliance that also speaks to her pivotal role in the globalization of the novel. Fultz offers solid contextualization for thinking about the novels in her introductory sections to each of the three major sections focused on them. She provides a rich framework for the array of remarkable essays and seamlessly orchestrates the voices of the talented critical ensemble that the volume includes. Essay to essay, it delivers richly theorized analyses drawing on multifaceted areas such as Foucauldian theory, psychoanalysis, masculinity studies and discourses on geography, along with topics such as silence, symbolism and mythology, and also includes probing and revealing close analysis of the novels. This rich volume makes a remarkable critical contribution to Morrison scholarship and is one of the very best published so far in the twenty-first century. It will be an indispensable tool for reading, research and teaching in the veritable field of "Morrison studies," along with fields such as American literature, African American literature, and women's literature, as well as a valuable resource for study of the novel as a genre.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentSeries Editor's Introduction Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Grace and Gravity of Toni Morrison, Lucille P. Fultz Part I Paradise 2 Separate Spheres?: The Appropriation of Female Space in Paradise , Shirley A. Stave 3 The Working Through of the Disconsolate: Transformative Spirituality in Paradise , Gurleen Grewal 4 Reclaiming the Presence of the Marginalized: Silence, Violence, and Nature in Paradise , Aoi Mori Part II Love 5 "Some to Hold, Some to Tell": Secrets and the Trope of Silence in Love , Carolyn Denard 6 Power and Betrayal: Social Hierarchies and the Trauma of Loss in Love , Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber 7 The Power in "Yes": Pleasure, Dominion, and Conceptual Doubling in Love , Herman Beavers Part III A Mercy 8 Narrative Epistemology: Storytelling as Agency in A Mercy , Jami Carlacio 9 "What Lay Beneath the Names": The Language and Landscapes of A Mercy , Marc C. Conner 10 Visions and Revisions of American Masculinity in A Mercy , Susan Neal Mayberry Notes on Chapters Works Cited Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

SynopsisToni Morrison features a collection of ten new essays by noted Morrison scholars, including recipients of the Toni Morrison Society Book Award. Focusing upon Morrison's most recently published novels (Paradise, Love, A Mercy) the contributors to this volume revisit issues that continue to engage Morrison and are part of the currency of contemporary American literary and cultural history. These selections examine Morrison's ongoing "romance" with African Americans as they continue to battle the demons of race, gender, class, and poverty, to name a few. Together, these essays offer a comprehensive and nuanced discussion of Morrison's latest novels and provide a new direction for Morrison scholarship in the twenty-first century. This volume provides students of literature, cultural studies, and history with an overview of Morrison's examination of African American progress and leadership at key moments in American history and culture from the Colonial Period to the present. Through their thematic interconnectedness, the essays reveal Morrison at her most brilliant in her ability to reach into the past to comment on contemporary issues. >, Cutting-edge scholarly guide to Toni Morrison's most recent work with emphasis on Morrison's examination of African-American progress and leadership at key moments in American history., Toni Morrison features a collection of ten new essays by noted Morrison scholars, including recipients of the Toni Morrison Society Book Award. Focusing upon Morrison's most recently published novels ( Paradise , Love , A Mercy ) the contributors to this volume revisit issues that continue to engage Morrison and are part of the currency of contemporary American literary and cultural history. These selections examine Morrison's ongoing "romance" with African Americans as they continue to battle the demons of race, gender, class, and poverty, to name a few. Together, these essays offer comprehensive and nuanced discussions of Morrison's latest novels and provide new directions for Morrison scholarship in the 21st century. This volume provides students of literature, cultural studies, and history with an overview of Morrison's examination of African American progress and leadership at key moments in American history and culture from the Colonial Period to the present. Through their thematic interconnectedness, the essays reveal Morrison at her most brilliant in her ability to reach into the past to comment on contemporary issues., Toni Morrison features a collection of ten new essays by noted Morrison scholars, including recipients of the Toni Morrison Society Book Award. Focusing upon Morrison's most recently published novels ( Paradise , Love , A Mercy ) the contributors to this volume revisit issues that continue to engage Morrison and are part of the currency of contemporary American literary and cultural history. These selections examine Morrison's ongoing "romance" with African Americans as they continue to battle the demons of race, gender, class, and poverty, to name a few. Together, these essays offer comprehensive and nuanced discussions of Morrison's latest novels and provide new directions for Morrison scholarship in the twenty-first century. This volume provides students of literature, cultural studies, and history with an overview of Morrison's examination of African American progress and leadership at key moments in American history and culture from the Colonial Period to the present. Through their thematic interconnectedness, the essays reveal Morrison at her most brilliant in her ability to reach into the past to comment on contemporary issues.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.O8749Z914