James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays / by Lovalerie King, L. Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Lovalerie.

Scott, Lynn Orilla, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America--Literatures.

America.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Fiction.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Literature--Philosophy.

North American Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Fiction Literature.

Literary History.

Literary Theory.

Local Subjects:

North American Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Fiction Literature.

Literary History.

Literary Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of comparative critical and theoretical essays examines James Baldwin and Toni Morrison's reciprocal literary relationship. By reading these authors side-by-side, this collection forges new avenues of discovery and interpretation related to their representations of African American and American literature and cultural experience.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: BALDWIN AND MORRISON IN DIALOGUE; BALDWIN'S BOP 'N' MORRISON'S MOOD: BEBOP AND RACE IN JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ; NARRATING THE BEAT OF THE HEART, JAZZING THE TEXT OF DESIRE: A COMPARATIVE INTERFACE OF JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ; REVISING REVISION: METHODOLOGIES OF LOVE, DESIRE, AND RESISTANCE IN BELOVED AND IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK; REVISING THE INCEST STORY: TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE AND JAMES BALDWIN'S JUST ABOVE MY HEAD

WATCHERS WATCHING WATCHERS: POSITIONING CHARACTERS AND READERS IN BALDWIN'S ""SONNY'S BLUES"" AND MORRISON'S ""RECITATIF""PLAYING A MEAN GUITAR: THE LEGACY OF STAGGERLEE IN BALDWIN AND MORRISON; REFIGURING THE FLESH: THE WORD, THE BODY, AND THE RITUALS OF BEING IN BELOVED AND GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN; RESISTANCE AGAINST RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SOCIAL OPPRESSION IN GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN AND BELOVED; SECULAR WORD, SACRED FLESH: PREACHERS IN THE FICTION OF BALDWIN AND MORRISON; UNSEEN OR UNSPEAKABLE? RACIAL EVIDENCE IN BALDWIN'S AND MORRISON'S NONFICTION

THE ART OF WHITENESS IN THE NONFICTION OF JAMES BALDWIN AND TONI MORRISONTHE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN: THE ALCHEMY OF RACE AND SEXUALITY; FEMININITY, ABJECTION, AND (BLACK) MASCULINITY IN JAMES BALDWIN'S GIOVANNI'S ROOM AND TONI MORRISON'S BELOVED; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611360979

9781281360977

128136097X

9780230601383

0230601383

OCLC:

234083869