Talking Books: Toni Morrison Among the Ancestors

by Eugene Victor Wolfenstein

In his final work, Professor E. Victor Wolfenstein constructs a meta-narrative around the concept of Mother-Right, the Law of the Father, and boundary-transgression. Demonstrating his command of broad time periods and types of thought, Wolfenstein ranges from Sophocles and Plato to Freud, Marx, and W.E.B. Du Bois to explore narrative and intersectionality in three works by Toni Morrison: Tar Baby, Beloved, and Jazz. In the process, Wolfenstein preserves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1456488937
• ISBN13: 9781456488932
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"