This guide to Morrison's trail-blazing work offers an introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of her texts, from publication to the present. It is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Toni Morrison and seeking a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.

Toni Morrison's visionary explorations of freedom and identity, self and community, against the backdrop of African American history have established her as one of the foremost novelists of her time; an artist whose seriousness of purpose and imaginative power have earned her both widespread critical acclaim and great popular success.

This guide to Morrison's work offers:

• an accessible introduction to Morrison's life and historical contexts
• a guide to her key works and the themes and concerns that run through them
• an overview of critical texts and...