Book Description
Toni Morrison is considered a novelist of extraordinary gifts, and by her own assertion is an African-American nationalist and a Marxist feminist. Critical work in this volume covers topics such as the fictional world of Morrison, mixed genres and the logic of slavery in Beloved, and community and nature of Morrison's novels. Also included is an informative biography of the writer, a complete bibliography of her work, and a list of critical work about the writer. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. The lives of the greatest writers of the world are explored in the new series Bloom’s BioCritiques. In addition to a lengthy biography, each book includes an extensive critical analysis of the writer’s work, as well as critical views by important literary critics throughout history. These volumes are the perfect introduction to critical study of the important authors currently read and discussed in high schools, colleges, and graduate schools.