{"product_id":"9798216438489","title":"Toni Morrison A Life in American History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlack History Lives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Life in American History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStephanie Li\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Cultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional \/ African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDive into the life of one of America's most key and influential authors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovelist, editor, scholar, teacher, public intellectual, mother, and contemporary griot for the African American community, Toni Morrison is one of the most important writers in American history. She is the author of numerous groundbreaking masterpieces including \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. Her expansive additional pursuits – which include decades of teaching, an influential editing career, a series of collaborative artistic projects and critical commentary on important national issues – supplement a collection of novels that the Swedish Academy, which bestowed the Nobel Prize on Morrison in 1998, described as “characterized by visionary force and poetic import.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her best-known works to archival material, this biography aims to provide a thorough introduction to her life and works by providing key historical and social context to her writings. It will explore her influence in a variety of different areas including literature, publishing, teaching, popular culture, critical theory, and political discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe conclusion of this work considers Morrison's signal importance in American letters and culture while also pointing to evidence of how her legacy is carried on in the work of other artists, writers, poets and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStephanie Li\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Duke University, USA. She has published 7 books including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eSomething Akin to Freedom: The Choice of Bondage in Narratives by African American Women\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) as well as \u003ci\u003eSignifying without Specifying: Racial Discourse in the Age of Obama\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003ePlaying in the White: Black Writers, White Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and \u003ci\u003eSignifyin(g) Immigrants: Twenty-First Century Pan-African American Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2018). She has also written 2 short biographies of Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston. Her most recent book is entitled \u003ci\u003eUgly White People: Whiteness in Contemporary American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). She is co-editor of the Cambridge University Press Series, “Race in US Literature and Culture,” and has co-edited several special issues of American Literary History and Black Camera. She is currently editing Volume E (1945-present) of the 11th edition of the \u003ci\u003eNorton Anthology of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eToni Morrison: In Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e, which aims to be the most comprehensive collection of scholarly essays devoted to the work of Toni Morrison since her death in 2019, for Cambridge University Press.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216438489\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944886206604,"sku":"9798216438489","price":49.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_95a10363-b268-4d93-80fb-53253616cdad.jpg?v=1786036491","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216438489","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}