Toni Morrison and the Bible

Contested Intertextualities

• Author(s): Shirley A. Stave,
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Pages: 258
• ISBN_10: 0820469351
  ISBN_13: 9780820469355
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black , Literary Criticism / Women Authors , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion ,

Description:... This collection of essays critically interrogates Toni Morrison's use of the Bible in her novels, examining the ways in which the author plays on the original text to raise issues of spirituality as it affects race, gender, and class. Ideal for courses on Morrison or on explorations of the intersection of religion and literature, this collection treats its topic with sophistication, considering «religion» in its broadest possible sense, and examining syncretic theologies as well as mainstream religions in its attempt to locate Morrison's work in a spiritual-theological nexus.