Toni Morrison and the geopoetics of place, race, and be/longing /

In this interdisciplinary work of Literary Criticism, notable Toni Morrison scholar Marilyn S. Mobley endeavors to apply geopoetics toward establishing a new framework for understanding Morrison's famous call to create and allow for "spaces for the reader to come into the text."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mobley, Marilyn Sanders, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2024].
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Between the Text and the Reader: The Word-Work of Toni Morrison
  • Chapter One: Crafting Spaces for the Reader: The Geopoetics of Discursive Mediation
  • Chapter Two: Spatializing the Self: The Geopoetics of Emancipatory Spaces
  • Chapter Three: Circling the Subject: The Geopoetics of Narrative Rememory
  • Chapter Four: A Matter of Be/longing: Geopoetic Interrogations of Home
  • Conclusion: Toni Morrison's Spaces for Readers: The Geopoetics of the Dancing Mind.