Toni Morrison : a biography /

Toni Morrison: a biography looks at the remarkable life of an essential American novelist, whose critically acclaimed, bestselling books offer lively, powerful depictions of black America. Toni Morrison serves as a basic introduction to the literary influences that shaped Morrison's writing, fr...

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Main Author: Li, Stephanie, 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, [2010]
Series:Greenwood biographies.
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Summary:Toni Morrison: a biography looks at the remarkable life of an essential American novelist, whose critically acclaimed, bestselling books offer lively, powerful depictions of black America. Toni Morrison serves as a basic introduction to the literary influences that shaped Morrison's writing, from the early novels to the breakout success of Song of Solomon, from the overwhelming achievement of Beloved: a novel to her most recent book, A Mercy. The book also examines Morrison's other writing--criticism, essays, edited volumes, and children's books--as well as her academic career, her work as an editor at Random House, and her political activism, most notably in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Physical Description:xx, 160 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780313378393 (alk. paper)
0313378398 (alk. paper)
9780313378409 (ebook)
0313378401 (ebook)