Title: Silko, Morrison, and Roth
First published: 1999
Description: Ethnic Americans from African American, Jewish American, and Native American backgrounds who attempt to merge with mainstream America face the very obvious problems of historically entrenched racism and anti-Semitism. Three modern American writers, Philip Roth, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Toni Morrison, have chosen a form of narrative that balances a longing for inclusion with a deep-seated anger toward the larger white or, in Roth's case, gentile social structure. This study of six of Silko, Morrison and Roth's longer works focuses on their use of a survival narrative motif as a way of clarifying their ethnic positioning.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Survival in literature, Women and literature, American fiction, History and criticism, History, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Morrison, toni, 1931-2019, Roth, philip, 1933-2018
Places: United States
People: Leslie Silko (1948-), Philip Roth (1933-2018), Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS374.S85 R36 1999