Godina izdanja: 2001
ISBN: 978-0-312-23402-3
Jezik: Engleski
Vrsta: Istorija svetske književnosti
Autor: Strani

The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison: Modernist Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness Hardcover – February 16, 2001
by J. Duvall (Author)
Product details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition (February 16, 2001)
Language: English
Hardcover: 192 pages
Item Weight: 14.1 ounces
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.56 x 8.5 inches

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.

Review
`...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 our most important writers.`

- South Atlantic Review

About the Author
JOHN DUVALLl is an Associate Professor of English at Purdue University.

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