Toni Morrison Biography Books Facts
Morrison, Toni (1931- ), American writer, whose works deal with the black experience and celebrate the black community. Morrison’s work features mythic elements, sharp observation, […]
Beloved
Introduction
After publishing four novels, Toni Morrison had already established herself as one of the most popular and successful black female writers of her time. With […]
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. Growing up during the Depression, Morrison witnessed the struggle of her […]
Plot Summary
A Part I In Beloved, Toni Morrison chronicles the hardships Sethe and her family endure before, during, and after the American Civil War. The novel […]
Characters
A Stamp Paid Stamp Paid was originally named Joshua, but he renamed himself after he “handed over his wife to his master’s son” and gave […]
Construction
Narration/Point of View For the most part, Beloved uses a third-person narrator-one who tells the story by describing the action of other people (“he said” […]
Historical Perspective
A The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 One of the central events of the novel-Sethe’s attack on her children-is described as “her rough response to […]