Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148) and index.
Contents
Aesthetics and the African American novel -- "Aesthetic" and "rapport" in Toni Morrison's Sula / Barbara Johnson -- Language that bears witness : the Black English oral tradition in the works of Toni Morrison / Yvonne Atkinson -- Towards the limits of mystery : the grotesque in Toni Morrison's Beloved / Susan Corey -- From the sublime to the beautiful : the aesthetic progression of Toni Morrison / Marc C. Conner -- Toni Morrison's beauty formula / Katherine Stern -- Contentions in the House of Chloe : Morrison's Tar baby / Maria DiBattisa -- Sensations of loss / Michael Wood -- Meditations on a bird in the hand : ethics and aesthetics in a parable by Toni Morrison / Cheryl Lester.
