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On Morrison / Namwali Serpell.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.O8749 Z8545 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Serpell, Namwali, 1980- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019--Criticism and interpretation.
- Morrison, Toni.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 369 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Hogarth, [2026]
- Summary:
- "Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and one of our most beloved writers, has inspired generations of readers. But her artistic genius is often overshadowed by her monumental public persona, perhaps because, as Namwali Serpell puts it, "she is our only truly canonical black, female writer-and her work is highly complex." In On Morrison, Serpell brings her unique experience as both an award-winning writer and professor who teaches a course on Morrison to illuminate her masterful experiments with literary form. This is Morrison as you've never encountered her before, a journey through her oeuvre-her fiction and criticism, as well as her lesser-known dramatic works and poetry-with contextual guidance, archival discoveries, and original close readings. At once accessible and uncompromisingly rigorous, On Morrison is a primer not only on how to read one of the most significant American authors of all time, but also on how to read great works of literature in general. This dialogue on the page between two black women artist-readers is stylish, edifying, and thrilling in its scope and intelligence."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Nobody knows The bluest eye
- Naming Sula
- Signifying on Song of Solomon
- Tar baby's masks
- Misreading "Recitatif"
- Beloved's possessions
- Jazz, now
- Reckoning with Paradise
- Playing in the shade
- A mercy and other reprisals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-355) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Serpell, Namwali, 1980- On Morrison
- ISBN:
- 9780593732915
- 059373291X
- OCLC:
- 1517929316
- Publisher Number:
- 90103562278
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