Table of Contents

About This Volume Maureen N. Eke vii

The Book and the Author

Mapping Toni Morrison's Beloved: Of Love, History, Trauma, and Healing Maureen N. Eke 3

Biography of Toni Morrison Maureen N. Eke 17

Critical Contexts

Margaret Garner, Rememory, and the Infinite Past: History in Beloved Kristine Yohe 27

Toni Morrison's Paradoxical Novel: Thirty Years of Critical Reception Touria Khannous 43

Black Feminist Literary Criticism and Feminist Archetypal Theory: Exploring Connections in Beloved Anne Herbert 59

"Not If You Are Scared They Ain't": Escaping the White Masculine in Beloved Herman Beavers 78

Critical Readings

Slavery in Toni Morrison's Beloved Joseph McLaren 95

A Gathering of Trees: An Examination of Memory, Trauma, and Embodiment in Tom Morrison's Beloved Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie 111

"You May as Well Just Come On": African American Healing Ways in Toni Morrison's Beloved Sarah L. Berry 130

"Unspeakable Things Unspoken": Prophetic Utterances in Toni Morrison's Beloved Khalilah T. Watson 146

The Psychological impact of Slavery and Separation in Beloved Lynne Simpson 161

Adoption and Persuasion: Raising and Reckoning with Beloved Sandy Alexandre 172

Supernatural Elements in Toni Morrison's Beloved, Blessing Diala-Ogamba 183

Exploring the LIST Paradigm: Reading and Teaching Beloved Durthy A. Washington 197

Literary Analysis of Toni Morrison's Beloved: An Introduction for Students Nicole M. Coonradt 216

Resources

Chronology of Toni Morrison's Life 231

Works Toni Morrison 239

Bibliography 241

About the Editor 247

Contributors 249

Index 255