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Morrison as Studied

• MORRISON’S LITERARY INFLUENCES
• MORRISON AND LITERARY CRITICISM
• THE TONI MORRISON SOCIETY
• NOTES

A writer’s place in history is determined more often by the amount and quality of the scholarship his or her work generates than by the number of literary prizes he or she receives. Even Nobel laureates in literature fall out of fashion. In the 1930s, two American novelists—Sinclair Lewis in 1930 and Pearl S. Buck in 1938—won the Nobel Prize in literature. Their novels are rarely included on the current reading lists of college courses in American literature.

Prior to the publication in 1977 of Song of Solomon, Morrison’s novels received little attention from literary scholars. The Bluest Eye (1970) was out of print by 1974, making it difficult for teachers to include it in their course requirements. Inclusion...

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1. Introduction
2. About Toni Morrison
3. Morrison at Work
4. Morrison’s Era
5. Morrison’s Works
6. Morrison on Morrison and on Writing
7. Morrison as Studied
8. Study Questions
9. Bibliography
10. Copyright

1. Toni Morrison