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Playing in the Dark Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Paperback • 1993 • English

Playing in the Dark Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

By Toni Morrison

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About the book

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison brings the genius of a master writer to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination. Her goal, she states at the outset, is to "put forth an argument for extending the study of American literature...draw a map, so to speak, of a critical geography and use that map to open as much space for discovery, intellectual adventure, and close exploration as did the original charting of the New World--w...Show more

Literary studies: postcolonial literature
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Gender studies: women and girls

Book details

ISBN

9780330330640

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Published year

1993

Language

English

Original title

Playing in the Dark Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Format

Paperback

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