The identifying fictions of Toni Morrison
Subtitle: modernist authenticity and postmodern blackness
By: John N. Duvall.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.; Modernism (Literature) -- United States.; African American women in literature.; African Americans in literature.; Race in literature.
Description: "Although all published biographical sketches of Toni Morrison agree that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, this information is apparently incorrect. Using previously unknown biographical documents, John Duvall explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing becomes clear: the question of identity was not a given for Morrison because she rejected her given name."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and index.