New Essays on Song of Solomon (The American Novel)

Smith, Valerie (EDT)

Cambridge University Press（1995/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 130 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521454407
• DDC分類 813.54

基本説明

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 upon African American texts in general and upon Song of Solomon in particular.

Full Description

The essays collected in this volume, first published in 1995, are written by leading critics of Toni Morrison's work and exemplify the theoretical and cultural perspectives that have been brought to bear upon African American texts in general and upon Song of Solomon in particular. They reveal the complexities of a deceptively straightforward novel and spark renewed interest in what has proven a pivotal text by one of the most gifted authors this nation has produced.

Contents

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.