Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-65998-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies

Positions Toni Morrison's novels within the timely framework of geocriticism and spatial studies
Covers a wide range of Morrison's oeuvre, including Love, A Mercy, and Jazz
Highlights not only the significance of Morrison's novels within literary studies but also her intellectual, political, and cultural influence

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beavers, Herman

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Held in the Thrall: Morrison’s Southern Men and the Arrested Motion of Tight Space.- From Zero to Nowhere: Tight Space and the Topophilia of Violence.- The Housing of Hurt: The Optic of Tight Space in Jazz.- A Measure of Last Resort: Limerence and the Geometrical Shape of Community in Love.- A Pox on All Your Houses: Susceptibility, Immunity, and the Dilemma of Allegory in A Mercy.- The Precarity of Freedom: Toni Morrison and the Post-Racial Moment.

Über Autor(innen)

Herman Beavers is Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.