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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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Main Author:	Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2026].
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism. Canon (Literature) LITERARY CRITICISM / American. LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century. LITERARY CRITICISM / African American & Black.

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