by J. Duvall (Author)
Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim. Using new biographical information, he explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel Prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing becomes clear: the question of identity was not a given for Morrison.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: 2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 29 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0230623085
ISBN 13: 9780230623088