Playing In The Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination -- Toni Morrison

<b>An immensely persuasive work of literary criticism that opens a new chapter in the American dialogue on race--and <b>promises to change the way we read American literature<b>--</b>from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner</b></b> <p/>Morrison shows how much the themes of freedom and individualism, manhood and innocence, depended on the existence of a black population that was manifestly <i>unfree</i>--and that came to serve white authors as embodiments of their own fears and desires. According to the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, Morrison reimagines and remaps the possibility of America. Her brilliant discussions of the Africanist presence in the fiction of Poe, Melville, Cather, and Hemingway leads to a dramatic reappraisal of the essential characteristics of our literary tradition. <p/>Written with the artistic vision that has earned the Nobel Prize-winning author a pre-eminent place in modern letters, <i>Playing in the Dark</i> is an invaluable read for avid Morrison admirers as well as students, critics, and scholars of American literature.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Toni Morrison<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 07/27/1993<br><b>Pages:</b> 112<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780679745426<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 07/05/1993<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Toni Morrison is the author of eleven novels, from <i>The Bluest Eye</i> (1970) to <i>God He