Beloved | Techniques
Beloved is, with the later Jazz, (1992) Morrison's most experimental novel and in its firm control of time and memory it indicates a writer in clear control of her art form. Critics often develop extended linguistic analyses of the opening paragraphs, of Baby Suggs's sermons in the Clearing, of the monologues at the center of the book, or of the final chapter; these studies testify to the richness of Morrison's prose. The gradual layering of memory and the struggles to come to terms with it maintain narrative suspense while suggesting profound thematic implications. These...
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