Toni Morrison: Forty Years in the Clearing
- ISBN-10
- 161148491X
- ISBN-13
- 9781611484915
- Series
- Toni Morrison
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 367
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Carmen Gillespie
Description
Toni Morrison s wooded and verdant clearing, a central trope in her novel Beloved, is the model for this book. The collection is a distinctive review, examination, and (re)discovery of Morrison s work and cultural impacts as defined by emerging and acclaimed artists, scholars, and public figures."
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