Language as liberation : reflections on the American canon /
Toni Morrison's lectures on the American canon, illuminating the relationship between race, the arts and life beyond the page. From Herman Melville's Moby Dick to Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to the works of Faulk...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2026].
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| Summary: | Toni Morrison's lectures on the American canon, illuminating the relationship between race, the arts and life beyond the page. From Herman Melville's Moby Dick to Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to the works of Faulkner and Hemingway, Morrison interrogates major works of American literature as only she can. With an introduction from Morrison's colleague, Claudia Brodsky, Language as Liberation is a revelatory book that once again displays Morrison's intellectual and literary greatness. |
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| Item Description: | "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xxviii, 207 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780593802748 0593802748 |