| Description |
xxviii, 153 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: aesthetics and the African American novel -- "Aesthetic" and "rapport" in Toni Morrison's Sula / Barbara Johnson -- Language that bears witness: the Black English oral tradition in the works of Toni Morrison / Yvonne Atkinson -- Towards the limits of mystery: the grotesque in Toni Morrison's Beloved / Susan Corey -- From the sublime to the beautiful: the aesthetic progression of Toni Morrison / Marc C. Conner - Toni Morrison's beauty formula / Katherine Stern -- Contentions in the House of Chloe: Morrison's Tar baby / Maria DiBattisa -- Sensations of loss / Michael Wood -- Meditations on a bird in the hand: ethics and aesthetics in a parable by Toni Morrison / Cheryl Lester. |
| Subject |
Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Morrison, Toni. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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African American women in literature.
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African American women in literature. |
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African American aesthetics.
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African American aesthetics. |
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Aesthetics in literature.
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Aesthetics in literature. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
| Added Author |
Conner, Marc C., 1965-
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| ISBN |
1578062853 paperback alkaline paper |
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1578062845 alkaline paper |
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