{"product_id":"playing-in-the-dark-toni-morrison-9780679745426","title":"Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn immensely persuasive work of literary criticism that opens a new chapter in the American dialogue on race--and \u003cb\u003epromises to change the way we read American literature\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003efrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMorrison shows how much the themes of freedom and individualism, manhood and innocence, depended on the existence of a black population that was manifestly \u003ci\u003eunfree\u003c\/i\u003e--and that came to serve white authors as embodiments of their own fears and desires. According to the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, Morrison \"reimagines and remaps the possibility of America.\" Her brilliant discussions of the \"Africanist\" presence in the fiction of Poe, Melville, Cather, and Hemingway leads to a dramatic reappraisal of the essential characteristics of our literary tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with the artistic vision that has earned the Nobel Prize-winning author a pre-eminent place in modern letters, \u003ci\u003ePlaying in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable read for avid Morrison admirers as well as students, critics, and scholars of American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toni Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679745424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679745426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/1993","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055003857151,"sku":"9780679745426","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f32c027-043a-4f17-896d-b19490bfeff9.jpg?v=1685033231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playing-in-the-dark-toni-morrison-9780679745426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}