Justine Baillie, Toni Morrison and Literary Tradition: The Invention of an Aesthetic
In 1993 Toni Morrison became the first African-American writer to win the Nobel Prize. Henry Louis Gates Jr. celebrated the award saying that: “Just two centuries ago, the African-American literary tradition was born in slave narratives. Now our greatest writer won the Nobel Prize.” Given this high...
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European journal of American studies
2022
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| Résumé: | In 1993 Toni Morrison became the first African-American writer to win the Nobel Prize. Henry Louis Gates Jr. celebrated the award saying that: “Just two centuries ago, the African-American literary tradition was born in slave narratives. Now our greatest writer won the Nobel Prize.” Given this high praise, Justine Baillie’s title, Toni Morrison and Literary Tradition: The Invention of an Aesthetic, seems justified as it posits Morrison as an ‘inventor,’ whose work helped shape not only Afric... |
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