New Essays on Song of Solomon

ISBN-13: 9780521456043 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 130 str.

V. Smith; Valerie Smith; Emory Elliot

Opis

The essays collected here, written by leading critics of Toni Morrison's work, exemplify the fresh theoretical and cultural perspectives that have been brought to bear on African-American texts in general and on Song of Solomon in particular. They reveal the complexities of a deceptively straightforward novel and spark renewed interest in this pivotal text by one of the most gifted authors this nation has produced.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Valerie Smith; 2. From orality to literacy: oral memory in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon Joyce Irene Middleton; 3. Call and response: voice community and dialogic structures in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon Marilyn Sanders Mobley; 4. Knowing their names: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon Marianne Hirsch; 5. The postmodernist rag: political identity and the vernacular in Song of Solomon Wahneema Lubiano.