Baillie, Justine ORCID: 0000-0002-0056-9155 (2007) "Dread and Love": Postcolonial theory and practice in Toni Morrison's 'Playing in the Dark' and 'Song of Solomon' and William Faulkner's 'Go Down, Moses'. Critical Engagements, 1 (1). pp. 166-187. ISSN 1754-0984

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Abstract

In this article Baillie examines Morrison’s collection of essays, Playing in the Dark (1992), as a distinct African-American intervention into postcolonial theory and suggests that readings of American literature and Morrison’s own novels are enriched by such an examination. Her “theorisations” on the American imagination can produce new readings of both Morrison’s novels and American literature. With this in mind the second part of the article juxtaposes a reading of Morrison’s third novel, Song of Solomon (1977), with William Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses (1942).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Literary Theory, Writing Traditions, Literature of the American South
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PS American literature
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2017 17:06
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/18059

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