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Beloved Dr Nancy J. Peterson

Beloved By Dr Nancy J. Peterson

Beloved by Dr Nancy J. Peterson


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Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1987, and is the most-often taught novel. This work demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear.

Beloved Summary

Beloved: Character Studies by Dr Nancy J. Peterson

Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1987, which led up to Toni Morrison's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 and is the most-often taught novel by Morrison. It is a rich text, as well as a difficult one, in need of a student guide that can help undergraduates not only to understand the story but to develop sophisticated skills of critical analysis. Students who grapple successfully with Beloved's characters will also gain valuable insight into the major themes of the novel, Morrison's intricate narrative strategies, African American history and culture, and theories useful for interpreting literature.Character Studies aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. It demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. The series thus fosters close critical reading and evidence-based discussion, as well as an engagement with historical context, and with literary criticism and theory.

About Dr Nancy J. Peterson

Nancy J. Peterson is Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Purdue University, USA. She is Associate Editor of Modern Fiction Studies and Editor of Toni Morrison: Critical and Theoretical Approaches (John Hopkins UP).

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface; 1. Introduction: An Overview of Beloved; 2. History and Beloved; 3. Mothers and Daughters in the Novel; 4. The Uncanny Presence of Beloved; 5. Reconstructing Black Manhood; 6. Whitefolks and Whiteness in Beloved; 7. Conclusion: Through the Characters to the Key Themes and Issues; 8. Bibliography of Further Reading; Index.

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NLS9780826495754
9780826495754
0826495753
Beloved: Character Studies by Dr Nancy J. Peterson
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2008-02-21
160
N/A
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