Morrison's Beloved: The Psychological Suffrage Of Former Slaves
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Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987) was her fifth novel, and
consequently the most controversial work she had ever written. Morrison
was working as a senior editor at the publishing firm Random House when she
was editing a nineteenth century article which was in a historical book and
found the basis f ....
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.... ones to the violence of the mad order,
Morrison was attempting to enter American slavery into the martyr ranks of
the Nazi's abuse of the Jews (Crouch 38-43). Also, Crouch stated, " …she
lacks a true sense of the tragic" (38-43). He supported this by stating " …
it shows no sense of the timeless and unpredictable manifestations of evil
that preceded and followed American slavery" (Crouch 38-43).
However, Crouch realizes that Morrison has real talent, in that he
believes she has the a ....
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