Toni Morrison's Beloved and the apotropaic imagination /

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"Toni Morrison's Beloved and the Apotropaic Imagination investigates Toni Morrison's Beloved in light of ancient Greek influences, arguing that the African American experience depicted in the novel can be set in a broader context than is usually allowed. Kathleen Marks gives a history...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marks, Kathleen, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Morrison, Toni. > Beloved.
Morrison, Toni.
Beloved (Morrison, Toni)
Beloved.
Self-destructive behavior in literature.
African American women in literature.
Self-preservation in literature.
Infanticide in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Comportement autodestructeur dans la littérature.
Infanticide dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American women in literature
Infanticide in literature
Literature
Self-destructive behavior in literature
Self-preservation in literature
Slavery in literature
Ohio > In literature.
Ohio > Dans la littérature.
Ohio
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : dynamics of the apotropaic
  • Sethe's apotropaic imagination
  • Beloved as apotrope
  • An apotropaic clearing
  • The art of memory : situating Morrison
  • The afterlife of Beloved.

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