The Oxford Companion to English Literature | Morrison, Toni (Chloe Anthony)
Morrison, Toni (Chloe
Anthony), née
Wofford
(
1931
–
),
American
novelist, born in Lorain, Ohio, educated at Howard University, where she later taught, and at Cornell. She married
Howard
Morrison
, a Jamaican architect, but separated from him in
1964
. Before becoming a professional writer she worked in publishing, as an editor for Random House. Her novels deal with the historical experiences of black Americans within a white social and cultural environment. The Bluest Eye (
1970
) recounts a year in the life of
Pecola
Breedlove
, a victim of rape by her father. Succeeding novels included Sula (
1974
), the story of two young black girls, one of whom leaves the small Ohio community of their birth and returns ten years later; Song of Solomon (
1977
); and Tar Baby (
1981
).
Beloved
(
1987
) was set in the 19th cent. and is the story of a runaway slave who kills her daughter rather...
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