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Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim. Using new biographical information, he explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel Prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing becomes clear: the question of identity was not a given for Morrison.
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'...an important contribution to Morrison criticism...it gestures toward powerful issues at the center of Morrison's work...'
- Erik Dussere, Novel
'The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison is, without question, the most engaging book on Morrison I have ever read.'
- Michael Awkward
'..an effective new way to read one of our most important writers.'
- South Atlantic Review
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JOHN DUVALLl is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison
Book Subtitle: Modernist Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness
Authors: John N. Duvall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780312299439
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23402-7Published: 16 February 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-62308-8Published: 28 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-312-29943-9Published: 14 December 2000
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 182
Topics: North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction, Ethnicity Studies, Gender Studies