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100 1 a| Morrison, Toni,d| 1931-2019,e| author.4| aut1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJymvHmTFRDGy9C8fFx7HC;

245 10 a| Language as liberation :b| reflections on the American canon /c| Toni Morrison ; introduction and notes by Claudia Brodsky.;

246 30 a| Reflections on the American canon;

250 a| First hardcover edition.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2026.;

300 a| xxviii, 207 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| "A Borzoi book." -- title page verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-194) and index.;

520 8 a| "Toni Morrison's lectures on the American canon, illuminating the relationship between race, the arts, and life beyond the page. From Herman Melville's Moby Dick to Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to the works of Faulkner and Hemingway, Morrison interrogates major works of American literature as only she can. With an introduction from Morrison's colleague, Claudia Brodsky, Language as Liberation is a revelatory book that once again displays Morrison's intellectual and literary greatness"--c| Provided by publisher.;

532 1 a| Index, appendix (syllabus), and course description ("Studies in American Africanism") included.;

650 0 a| American literaturex| History and criticism.;

650 0 a| Canon (Literature);

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Language as liberation : reflections on the American canon / Toni Morrison ; introduction and notes by Claudia Brodsky.

Author/creator	Morrison, Toni author.
Other author	Morrison, Ford, writer of supplementary textual content.
Other author	Brodsky, Claudia, 1955- writer of introduction.
Format	Book
Edition	First hardcover edition.
Publication	New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	xxviii, 207 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	American literature--History and criticism. Canon (Literature)

Portion of title	Reflections on the American canon
Contents	On Toni Morrison's teaching and lectures / Ford Morrison -- Course description for "Studies in American Africanism"- Toni Morrison -- Introduction: History and literature : the metaphysics of race in America / Claudia Brodsky -- Images of Blacks in western art -- The surrogate self as enabler -- Edgar Allen Poe/Herman Melville -- Ernest Hemingway/Willa Cather -- Flannery O'Connor/Carson McCullers -- Carson McCullers -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Mark Twain -- Gertrude Stein -- William Styron -- William Faulkner -- Saul Bellow.
Summary	"Toni Morrison's lectures on the American canon, illuminating the relationship between race, the arts, and life beyond the page. From Herman Melville's Moby Dick to Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to the works of Faulkner and Hemingway, Morrison interrogates major works of American literature as only she can. With an introduction from Morrison's colleague, Claudia Brodsky, Language as Liberation is a revelatory book that once again displays Morrison's intellectual and literary greatness"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	"A Borzoi book." -- title page verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-194) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019 Language as liberation First edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026 9780593802755
Genre/form	Lectures.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	lectures.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Lectures.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
Genre/form	Conférences.
LCCN	2025016670
ISBN	9780593802748 (hardcover)
ISBN	0593802748 (hardcover)
ISBN	(ebook)
ISBN	(ebook)

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