Morrison, Toni: 1931 - 2019
Beloved, 1987 - Information about the Book
- General Information
- In Morrison's own terms, the controlling theme of the novel is "how women negotiate or mediate between their nurturing compulsion to love the other, the thing that's bigger or better than they are in their lives — husband, children, work — and the other part, which is the individual separate self that has separate obligations."
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- Facts
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1988
- Character Analysis
- Symbols
- Major Themes
- Themes
- Characters
- Sethe, a determined young woman who has escaped across the Ohio River to Cincinnati
Baby Suggs, Sethe’s mother-in-law, a 70-year-old preacher whose freedom was bought by her son, Sethe’s former husband, Halle
Denver, Sethe’s withdrawn teenage daughter
Paul D, another survivor of the farm Sethe fled
Beloved, a mysterious young woman whom Sethe takes into her home. - Character Analysis
- Sethe, a determined young woman who has escaped across the Ohio River to Cincinnati
- Interviews
- A conversation with Toni Morrison about transfiguring love, as portrayed in her novel Beloved. Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt; Augut 15, 2019
- Toni Morrison discusses Beloved, her career, and her vision for the future of literature.
- Toni Morrison on writing 'Beloved' ; 1987 interview
- Toni Morrison spoke with Charlayne Hunter-Gault on what inspired the novel's theme of a woman's "compulsion to nurture" a child, and why she found some historical accounts of slavery lacking; 1987 interview
- A conversation with Toni Morrison about transfiguring love, as portrayed in her novel Beloved. Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt; Augut 15, 2019
- Articles
- How "Beloved" Came to Be. National Endowment for the Arts; February 09, 2015
- A Note on Margaret and Sethe in and out of History, and Toni Morrison's Beloved. "A knowledge of Margaret Garner's history and fate helps us better appreciate the vision of Toni Morrison's Beloved. While Margaret's life was one of unremitting misery, Sethe's offers some hopes for the future—founded on the transracial love and endurance of women." Muckley, Peter A.; September 19, 2002
- Why Is Beloved Beloved?
- Was Sethe justified in her attempt to kill her children . "Sethe never meant to hurt daughter, it was out of unconditional love. In my opinion that’s an ultimate gesture of a loving mother and is completely justifiable."
- Collection of essays on "Beloved"
- Analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Beloved
- Origins of "Beloved"
- Mother-Daughter-Relationship in "Beloved"
- To understand Beloved, here is a look at the woman behind the pages. PBS, April 27, 2022
- Interpretations; ed. Harold Bloom
- Toni Morrison's Beloved and the Apotropaic Imagination
- A Casebook