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Toni Morrison and the Maternal - From "The Bluest Eye" to "God Help the Child", Revised Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Toni Morrison and the Maternal - From "The Bluest Eye" to "God Help the Child", Revised Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Modern American Literature, 67
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In this revised edition, Linda Wagner-Martin offers a compelling
study of African American writer Toni Morrison's work, beginning
with The Bluest Eye in 1970 and continuing through her 2015 novel
God Help the Child. Wagner-Martin describes Morrison as an
inherently original novelist who was shaped throughout her career
by her role within families. Her study focuses on Morrison's use of
family in her narratives, particularly on the roles of mother and
child. Beginning with the paradigm of a good mother (Mrs. MacTeer)
in The Bluest Eye, set against women who are found wanting in their
mother roles, Morrison concentrates in various ways on emphasizing
these mother characters. Sometimes those roles are peripheral; more
often, they are central. In Sula, for example, the title character
has no interest in mothering, but she shows herself to be the
product of family disinterest; in Song of Solomon Morrison creates
what she terms an ancestor figure to give guidance to the young; in
Tar Baby Marie Therese continues that role. Beloved tackles many
dimensions of a mothers role. As Morrison continues to write her
varied and powerful novels, from Jazz and Paradise through Love, A
Mercy, and Home, the attention to judging the efficacy of mothering
grows. Finally, in God Help the Child, she attends to little else.
In Morrison's fictional world, drawing from the human and spiritual
forces in both Africa and the United States provides some hope of a
truly satisfying existence.
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