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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
by Toni Morrison
Started my foray into Toni Morrison's non-fic today, beginning with Playing in the Dark. This work was particularly good I thought, and probably the closest I will ever come to actually hearing a lecture by Morrison, and mostly examined the presence of 'the africanist' in American literature.
This was particularly useful to me as I have been considering doing a Masters in American lit but with a particular emphasis on African-American lit and this book gave me the exact lens that I needed to approach authors like Twain, Melville, Hawthorne, etc but still stay within my area of special interest.
Onto What Moves at the Margins now! More Toni Morrison chat soon!
Booklove,
Grace
EDIT:
It's nice to look back on my input above now that I AM doing a PhD in American Studies with a particular focus on African-American writing and I am reading this for class. Go me for fulfilling my dreams!
This was particularly useful to me as I have been considering doing a Masters in American lit but with a particular emphasis on African-American lit and this book gave me the exact lens that I needed to approach authors like Twain, Melville, Hawthorne, etc but still stay within my area of special interest.
Onto What Moves at the Margins now! More Toni Morrison chat soon!
Booklove,
Grace
EDIT:
It's nice to look back on my input above now that I AM doing a PhD in American Studies with a particular focus on African-American writing and I am reading this for class. Go me for fulfilling my dreams!