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- catalog abstract "In this introduction to the Nobel Prizewinning fiction of Toni Morrison, Jan Furman surveys six novels, a short story, and a book of criticism to reconstruct the development of Morrison's creative vision and to assess its influence in contemporary literature. She traces the recurrent characters, themes, and settings that embody Morrison's literary vision and strike such familiar chords for Morrison's readers. Demonstrating that Morrison strongly supports the idea that the artist must engender and interpret culture, Furman reveals the novelist's contribution to the expansion and redefinition of the American literary canon through her portrayal of the African-American experience. Furman's account of Morrison's growth as a writer includes her midwestern childhood, relatively late start on her own literary career, and experiences as full-time parent, teacher, lecturer, and editor at Random House. She discusses Morrison's keen interest in African-American communal life and addresses the criticism that her fiction is florid and self-indulgent. Furman proposes that through Morrison's pursuit of a personal, artistic vision, she creates remarkable tales of human experience that a less independent writer would not attempt. In addition, Furman examines Morrison's concern with the danger of gender and racial stereotyping and with her admiration for those who resist such limitations. Pointing to the novelist's extraordinary depictions of human suffering, endurance, and triumph, Furman moves beyond literary analysis to illuminate what she contends to be the defining achievement of Morrison's fiction: the presentation of the path to spiritual freedom and emotional independence.".
- catalog contributor b8259886.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Furman's account of Morrison's growth as a writer includes her midwestern childhood, relatively late start on her own literary career, and experiences as full-time parent, teacher, lecturer, and editor at Random House. She discusses Morrison's keen interest in African-American communal life and addresses the criticism that her fiction is florid and self-indulgent. Furman proposes that through Morrison's pursuit of a personal, artistic vision, she creates remarkable tales of human experience that a less independent writer would not attempt.".
- catalog description "In addition, Furman examines Morrison's concern with the danger of gender and racial stereotyping and with her admiration for those who resist such limitations. Pointing to the novelist's extraordinary depictions of human suffering, endurance, and triumph, Furman moves beyond literary analysis to illuminate what she contends to be the defining achievement of Morrison's fiction: the presentation of the path to spiritual freedom and emotional independence.".
- catalog description "In this introduction to the Nobel Prizewinning fiction of Toni Morrison, Jan Furman surveys six novels, a short story, and a book of criticism to reconstruct the development of Morrison's creative vision and to assess its influence in contemporary literature. She traces the recurrent characters, themes, and settings that embody Morrison's literary vision and strike such familiar chords for Morrison's readers. Demonstrating that Morrison strongly supports the idea that the artist must engender and interpret culture, Furman reveals the novelist's contribution to the expansion and redefinition of the American literary canon through her portrayal of the African-American experience.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-120) and index.".
- catalog description "Understanding Toni Morrison -- Black girlhood and Black womanhood : the Bluest eye and Sula -- Male consciousness : Song of Solomon -- Community and cultural identity : Tar baby -- Remembering the "disremembered" : Beloved -- City blues : Jazz -- Literary and social criticism : Playing in the dark.".
- catalog extent "123 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Toni Morrison's fiction.".
- catalog identifier "1570030677".
- catalog isFormatOf "Toni Morrison's fiction.".
- catalog isPartOf "Understanding contemporary American literature".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Toni Morrison's fiction.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "African American women in literature.".
- catalog subject "African Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "Morrison, Toni Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS3563.O8749 Z65 1996".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Understanding Toni Morrison -- Black girlhood and Black womanhood : the Bluest eye and Sula -- Male consciousness : Song of Solomon -- Community and cultural identity : Tar baby -- Remembering the "disremembered" : Beloved -- City blues : Jazz -- Literary and social criticism : Playing in the dark.".
- catalog title "Toni Morrison's fiction / Jan Furman.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".