James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays. Lovalerie King, Lynn Orilla Scott

James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays



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Language: English
Page: 312
ISBN: 1403970734, 9780230601383

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"In James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparing Critical and Theoretical Essays, the first book-length study of this literary dialogue, Lovalerie King and Lynn Orilla Scott offer an unprecedented range of approaches and lines of inquiry, making it essential reading for scholars."--MELUS "The relations among/between artists and writers are extremely important for any full understanding of the process of culture. King and Scott set out to explore in considerable depth one of the most fascinating and understudied connections in African American literature, that between James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. This collection is useful and necessary."--Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr., Director of American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
 
“James Baldwin and Toni Morrison is a most welcome examination of the  connections between two of the most significant authors of the 20th century. The original and often provocative essays contained here shed new light not only on these two great writers but on the cultural and aesthetic fellowship that underlies African-American literature.”--David Leeming, author of James Baldwin: A Biography (1994) and secretary/assistant to Baldwin (l964-67)
 
“This new collection maps out and explores the literary relationship between Baldwin and Morrison and sheds new light on each. It also opens up new avenues of discussion on the themes of race, religion, gender and sexuality more generally in African-American culture. This is a useful contribution to Baldwin and Morrison studies and African-American literature more broadly.”--Dr. Douglas Field, Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Staffordshire University
 
“This collection of diverse essays offers a long over-due exploration of rich thematic connections, narrative consonances, theoretical crosscurrents, and ideological contentions in the two writers who have redefined twentieth-century American letters. It reaffirms the brilliance of Morrison’s works while illuminating her indebtedness to Baldwin, and teases out the lessons that she taught him as a black woman writer. Its insights into Baldwin’s neglected later works help us to see anew the complex artistic trajectory that has led him to become our black queer ancestor and witness.”--Magdalena J. Zaborowska, University of Michigan

About the Author

Lovalerie King is an Assistant Professor of African American Language and Literature at The Pennsylvania State University-University Park. Her publications include A Students' Guide to African American Literature (2003) and numerous essays, articles, and reviews appearing in collections, journals, and reference volumes such as Critical Essays on Toni Morrison's Beloved, Black Women Playwrights: Visions on the American Stage, MELUS, CALLALOO, African American Review, The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel, The Oxford Companion to African American Literature, and others. Her current projects include an introduction to Zora Neale Hurston, a co-edited collection of essays on the African American novel, and a monograph tentatively titled Property Matters in African American Literature (scheduled for release in 2007).
 
Lynn Orilla Scott is a Visiting Assistant Professor at James Madison College and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Culture at Michigan State University. Her publications include James Baldwin's Later Fiction (2002) and several articles and essays on African American and American literature.



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