{"product_id":"toni-morrison-missy-kubitschek-9780313302657","title":"Toni Morrison: A Critical Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, Toni Morrison is among our most distinguished contemporary novelists. Morrison describes herself as a black woman novelist, and all her novels deal with African American characters and communities. Exploring the entire cycle of human life in a spiritual context, her novels are also universal in their depiction of families, especially mothers and their children. From her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, to her most recent, \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e, Toni Morrison has explored the African American experience, and by extension, the human experience. Her characters linger in our minds long after we have finished reading the novel. This is the only book-length study to discuss all of Morrison's novels published to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study analyzes in turn each of Morrison's novels. It also provides the reader with a complete bibliography of her writings, as well as selected reviews and criticism. Following a biographical chapter on Toni Morrison's life, Kubitschek discusses Morrison's writing in the tradition not only of African American literature but of the great modernist and postmodernist American writers. Each of the following chapters examines an individual novel: \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eSula\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eTar Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eJazz\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), and \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). The discussion of each novel features sections on plot and character development, narrative structure, thematic issues, and an alternative critical approach from which to read the novel. Written specifically for high school and college students and general readers, this study illuminates and enriches the reading of Morrison's novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Missy Kubitschek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313302650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313302657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 440","brand":"Missy Kubitschek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48991650578687,"sku":"9780313302657","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toni-morrison-missy-kubitschek-9780313302657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}