ENGLISH

The measure of our lives: a gathering of wisdom

By Morrison , Zadie , Toni;Smith

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2019
ISBN
9780525659297, 9780525659303, 9780735280236, 9780735280243, 0525659293
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3941948 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
viii, 129 pages ; 18 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
18.06 Anglo-American literature;American literaturToni -- Quotations;Self-actualization (Psychology)

Description

"This inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child, from Playing in the Dark to The Source of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. Its sequence of flashes of revelation--remarkable for their linguistic felicity, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the humanity and art of black people"--

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