{"product_id":"toni-morrison-adrienne-lanier-seward-9781496804495","title":"Toni Morrison: Memory and Meaning","description":"\u003ci\u003eToni Morrison: Memory and Meaning \u003c\/i\u003eboasts essays by well-known international scholars focusing on the author's literary production and including her very latest works--the theatrical production \u003ci\u003eDesdemona \u003c\/i\u003eand her tenth and latest novel, \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e. These original contributions are among the first scholarly analyses of these latest additions to her oeuvre and make the volume a valuable addition to potential readers and teachers eager to understand the position of \u003ci\u003eDesdemona \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e within the wider scope of Morrison's career. Indeed, in \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, we find a reworking of many of the tropes and themes that run throughout Morrison's fiction, prompting the editors to organize the essays as they relate to themes prevalent in \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn many ways, Morrison has actually initiated paradigm shifts that permeate the essays. They consistently reflect, in approach and interpretation, the revolutionary change in the study of American literature represented by Morrison's focus on the interior lives of enslaved Africans. This collection assumes black subjectivity, rather than argues for it, in order to reread and revise the horror of slavery and its consequences into our time. The analyses presented in this volume also attest to the broad range of interdisciplinary specializations and interests in novels that have now become classics in world literature. The essays are divided into five sections, each entitled with a direct quotation from \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, and framed by two poems: Rita Dove's \"The Buckeye\" and Sonia Sanchez's \"Aaayeee Babo, Aaayeee Babo, Aaayeee Babo.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrienne Lanier Seward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149680449X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496804495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Adrienne Lanier Seward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979709415679,"sku":"9781496804495","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e2a5cf1-08e7-4587-afb5-13de1eb392fc.jpg?v=1683246599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toni-morrison-adrienne-lanier-seward-9781496804495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}