Toni Morrison, Love

Marion Treby (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.5: African American Writing and Culture of the United States.
Vol. editors: Philathia Bolton (University of Akron), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), A Yemisi Jimoh (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2003

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Toni Morrison’s eighth novel, Love, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2003, to a favourable reception, ten years after she became the first black woman and third black writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Morrison is Robert Goheen Professor of the Humanities at Princeton, and instigator of the Princeton Atelier, which encourages student participation in the creative arts. She also has considerable practical editorial experience, having worked in this capacity for Random House for more than twenty years, during which time she encouraged a number of Black writers including Angela Davis and Toni Cade Bambara. Not only have her academic prowess and editorial experiences contributed to her success as a novelist, b…

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Citation: Treby, Marion. "Love". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 November 2005 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=13130, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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