Introduction


Toni Morrison
Morrison was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first African American to win this honor. Morrison's novels explore issues of African-American female identity in stories that integrate elements of the oral tradition, postmodern literary techniques, and magical realism to give voice to the experiences of women living on the margins of white American society. As a best-selling African-American female author, Morrison represented a breakthrough for other black women novelists to succeed in the mainstream publishing industry. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Song of Solomon (1977), the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Beloved (1987), and the 1996 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. -- Toni Morrison Criticism
 

Recommended Resources

  1. Beloved Lesson Plans
  2. Beloved Study Guide
  3. Critical Survey of Long Fiction
  4. Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century
  5. The Bluest Eye Study Guide
  6. Toni Morrison - Feminism in Literature
  7. Toni Morrison Author Guide

All Resources

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  1. Author Profile
  2. Beloved (1998)
  3. Beloved - Book Review
  4. Beloved - Identities and Issues
  5. Beloved - Literary Characters
  6. Beloved - Literary Places
  7. Beloved - Masterplots II: African American Literature Series
  8. Beloved Lesson Plans
  9. Beloved Study Guide
  10. Critical Survey of Long Fiction
  11. Cyclopedia of World Authors
  12. Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century
  13. Jazz - Book Review
  14. Jazz - Literary Characters
  15. Jazz - Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
  16. Jazz Criticism
  17. Jazz Study Guide
  18. Paradise - Book Review
  19. Paradise - Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
  20. Paradise Criticism
  21. Paradise Study Guide
  22. Playing in the Dark - Book Review
  23. Recitatif - Study Guide
  24. Song of Solomon - Identities and Issues
  25. Song of Solomon - Literary Characters
  26. Song of Solomon - Literary Places
  27. Song of Solomon - Masterplots II: African American Literature Series
  28. Song of Solomon - Study Guide
  29. Sula - Literary Characters
  30. Sula - Literary Places
  31. Sula Study Guide
  32. Tar Baby - Literary Characters
  33. Tar Baby - Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
  34. Tar Baby Study Guide
  35. The Bluest Eye - Literary Characters
  36. The Bluest Eye Criticism
  37. The Bluest Eye Lesson Plans
  38. The Bluest Eye Study Guide
  39. The Bluest Eye- Masterplots II: American Fiction Series
  40. The Oxford Companion to American Literature Article on Toni Morrison
  41. The Oxford Companion to English Literature Article on Toni Morrison
  42. The Toni Morrison Dreams Study Guide
  43. Toni Morrison - American Decades 1970's The Arts
  44. Toni Morrison - American Decades 1990's The Arts
  45. Toni Morrison - Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 4)
  46. Toni Morrison - Feminism in Literature
  47. Toni Morrison - Gothic Literature
  48. Toni Morrison Author Guide
  49. Toni Morrison Criticism