Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon : a casebook
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Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon : a casebook
(Casebooks in criticism)
Oxford University Press, 2003
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Note
"Chronology": p. 267-272
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-276)
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780195146349
Description
The essays in this volume represent the major currents in critical thinking about Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison's widely acclaimed examination of the individual quest for self-knowledge in the context of the African-American experience. This collection offers a broad overview of the scholarship that has emerged in the decades since the 1977 publication of Morrison's third novel. These essays provide a map of the primary themes of Song of Solomon, covering subjects such as self-identity, the rituals of manhood and reading, and the importance of naming, and also explore the novel's incorporation of African myth and African-American folklore. The casebook opens with 'People Who Could Fly,' the African folktale from which Song of Solomon draws important aspects of its plot and major theme, and closes with an interview with Toni Morrison about her life and work as a novelist.
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: pbk ISBN 9780195146356
Description
The essays in this volume represent the major currents in critical thinking about Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison's widely acclaimed examination of the individual quest for self-knowledge in the context of the African-American experience. This collection offers a broad overview of the scholarship that has emerged in the decades since the 1977 publication of Morrison's third novel. These essays provide a map of the primary themes of Song of Solomon,
covering subjects such as self-identity, the rituals of manhood and reading, and the importance of naming, and also explore the novel's incorporation of African myth and African-American folklore. The casebook opens
with "The People Could Fly," the African folktale from which Song of Solomon draws important aspects of its plot and major theme, and closes with an interview with Toni Morrison about her life and work as a novelist.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Julius Lester: People Who Could Fly
Part I: Quest for Identity
Valerie Smith: The Quest for and Discovery of Identity in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
Catherine Carr Lee: The South in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: Initiation, Healing, and Home
Part II: Myth and Folklore
Michael Awkward: "Unruly and Let Loose": Myth, Ideology, and Gender in Song of Solomon
Gerry Brenner: Song of Solomon: Rejecting Rank's Monomyth and Feminism
Part III: Narrative Influence
John N. Duvall: Doe Hunting and Masculinity: Song of Solomon and Go Down, Moses
Gay Wilentz: Civilizations Underneath: African Heritage as Cultural Discourse in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
Joyce M. Wegs: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: A Blues Song
Lucinda H. MacKethan: Names to Bear Witness: The Theme and Tradition of Naming in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
Part IV: Historical Perspectives
Linda Krumholz: Dead Teachers: Rituals of Manhood and Rituals of Reading in Song of Solomon
Part V: An Interview
Elissa Schappell: Toni Morrison: The Art of Fiction
Chronology: African American History
Selected Bibliography
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