Toni Morrison: Writing above the Ground.

Lacour, Claudia Brodsky

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ERIC Number: EJ533365

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Toni Morrison: Writing above the Ground.

Lacour, Claudia Brodsky

Humanities, v17 n1 p14-17,43-47 Mar-Apr 1996

Discusses and appraises the work of Nobel Prize winning black author Toni Morrison. Locates thematic and stylistic antecedents in the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Ernest Hemingway. Compares and contrasts Morrison's work with Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" and discusses the critical reception of black authors. (MJP)

Descriptors: Audience Response, Authors, Black Community, Black Culture, Black Literature, Characterization, Content Analysis, Critical Reading, Criticism, Females, Figurative Language, Higher Education, Humanization, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Motifs, Narration

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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