num_pages: 165
description: Summarizes the critical reaction to the American writer's 1987 novel. Includes chapters on immediate reviews and interviews, the relationship of the novel to the African-American slave narrative tradition, interpretation of the uncanny figure who give title to the novel, the figuring of male and female bodies, and post-colonial and psychoanalytic perspectives. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Toni Morrison: Beloved
titlecomplete: Toni Morrison: Beloved
characters: Toni Morrison
ratings_count: 155
series: Columbia Critical Guides
publisher: Columbia Univ Pr