Toni Morrison: Beloved: Essays, Articles, Reviews

By Carl Plasa

Book Overview

With excerpts from interviews and reviews, an exploration of the historical documents and slave narrative traditions on which Morrison drew, and an insightful juxtaposition of psychoanalytic and postcolonial approaches to the novel, this guide places Beloved in the contexts of Morrison's oeuvre and other works of African American literature. Chapters focus on the supernatural elements of the work, as well as the author's treatment of the physical self.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023111527X
• ISBN13: 9780231115278
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher