Toni Morrison: The Essential Guide

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Toni Morrison: The Essential Guide
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Margaret Reynolds
By (author) Jonathan Noakes
By (author) Louisa Joyner
SeriesVintage Living Texts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780099437666
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 13 February 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

One of a series introducing some of the most exciting works in contemporary fiction. This volume deals with the themes, genre and narrative techniques employed by Toni Morrison in "Beloved", "Jazz" and "Paradise". It also features an interview with the author, detailed reading plans, questions for essays and discussion, contextual materials, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, a picture essay, extracts from reviews, a biography, and a reading list of literary criticism.

Author Biography

Margaret Reynolds (Author) Margaret Reynolds is a writer, academic, critic and broadcaster. Her critical edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay prize. Other books include The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories, The Sappho Companion, Victorian Women Poets- An Anthology (with Angela Leighton) and a series of study guides on contemporary writers, Vintage Living Texts. She is Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's long running 'Adventures in Poetry'. Jonathan Noakes (Author) The Series Editors of Vintage Living Texts have, between them, more than thirty years teaching experience at senior school and undergraduate level. Their association with Vintage - and with the Vintage authors - guarantees a series that is lively and informative and fun.