James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays
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James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays

Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays

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James Baldwin and Toni Morrison: Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays

Comparative Critical and Theoretical Essays

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This collection of comparative critical and theoretical essays examines James Baldwin and Toni Morrison's reciprocal literary relationship. By reading these authors side-by-side, this collection forges new avenues of discovery and interpretation related to their representations of African American and American literature and cultural experience.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION: BALDWIN AND MORRISON IN DIALOGUE
  5. BALDWIN'S BOP 'N' MORRISON'S MOOD: BEBOP AND RACE IN JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ
  6. NARRATING THE BEAT OF THE HEART, JAZZING THE TEXT OF DESIRE: A COMPARATIVE INTERFACE OF JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY AND TONI MORRISON'S JAZZ
  7. REVISING REVISION: METHODOLOGIES OF LOVE, DESIRE, AND RESISTANCE IN BELOVED AND IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
  8. REVISING THE INCEST STORY: TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE AND JAMES BALDWIN'S JUST ABOVE MY HEAD
  9. WATCHERS WATCHING WATCHERS: POSITIONING CHARACTERS AND READERS IN BALDWIN'S "SONNY'S BLUES" AND MORRISON'S "RECITATIF"
  10. PLAYING A MEAN GUITAR: THE LEGACY OF STAGGERLEE IN BALDWIN AND MORRISON
  11. REFIGURING THE FLESH: THE WORD, THE BODY, AND THE RITUALS OF BEING IN BELOVED AND GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
  12. RESISTANCE AGAINST RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND SOCIAL OPPRESSION IN GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN AND BELOVED
  13. SECULAR WORD, SACRED FLESH: PREACHERS IN THE FICTION OF BALDWIN AND MORRISON
  14. UNSEEN OR UNSPEAKABLE? RACIAL EVIDENCE IN BALDWIN'S AND MORRISON'S NONFICTION
  15. THE ART OF WHITENESS IN THE NONFICTION OF JAMES BALDWIN AND TONI MORRISON
  16. THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN: THE ALCHEMY OF RACE AND SEXUALITY
  17. FEMININITY, ABJECTION, AND (BLACK) MASCULINITY IN JAMES BALDWIN'S GIOVANNI'S ROOM AND TONI MORRISON'S BELOVED
  18. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  19. INDEX