{"product_id":"new-critical-essays-on-toni-morrisons-god-help-the-child-race-culture-and-history-paperback","title":"New Critical Essays on Toni Morrison's God Help the Child: Race, Culture, and History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Knox Eaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaxine Lavon Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShirley a. Stave\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Alice Knox Eaton, Mar Gallego, Maxine Lavon Montgomery, Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber, Shirley A. Stave, Justine Tally, Susana Vega-González, and Anissa Wardi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her eleventh novel, God Help the Child, Toni Morrison returned to several of the signature themes explored in her previous work: pernicious beauty standards for women, particularly African American women; mother-child relationships; racism and colorism; and child sexual abuse. God Help the Child, published in 2015, is set in the contemporary period, unlike all of her previous novels. The contemporary setting is ultimately incidental to the project of the novel, however; as with Morrison's other work, the story takes on mythic qualities, and the larger-than-life themes lend themselves to allegorical and symbolic readings that resonate in light of both contemporary and historical issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Critical Essays on Toni Morrison's \"God Help the Child\" Race, Culture, and History, a collection of eight essays by both seasoned Morrison scholars as well as new and rising scholars, takes on the novel in a nuanced and insightful analysis, interpreting it in relation to Morrison's earlier work as well as locating it within ongoing debates in literary and other academic disciplines engaged with African American literature. The volume is divided into three sections. The first focuses on trauma--both the pain and suffering caused by neglect and abuse, as well as healing and understanding. The second section considers narrative choices, concentrating on experimentation and reader engagement. The third section turns a comparative eye to Morrison's fictional canon, from her debut work of fiction, The Bluest Eye, until the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays build on previous studies of Morrison's novels and deepen readers' understanding of both her last novel and her larger literary output.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Knox Eaton\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and chair of the Humanities Department at Springfield College. She contributed to\u003ci\u003e Contested Boundaries: New Critical Essays on the Fiction of Toni Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Review of International English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMaxine Lavon Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Florida State University, where she teaches courses in Africana, American multi-ethnic, and women's literature. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNew Critical Essays on Toni Morrison's \"God Help the Child\"\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eA Circle of One: Rituals of Black Girlhood in Africana Women's Novels\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also editor of \u003ci\u003eContested Boundaries: New Critical Essays on the Fiction of Toni Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Gloria Naylor\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eShirley A. Stave\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and assistant director of the Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University. She is editor of \u003ci\u003eToni Morrison and the Bible: Contested Intertextualities\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eToni Morrison's \"A Mercy\" Critical Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42104540594311,"sku":"9781496828880","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f898987c04b85694d7ec1e85c60f0e7f.webp?v=1732425174","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/new-critical-essays-on-toni-morrisons-god-help-the-child-race-culture-and-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}