Building a Better Place: Utopianism and the Revision of Community in Toni Morrison’s Paradise
This article examines the role of utopianism in Toni Morrison’s 1997 novel Paradise“. It argues that, by juxtaposing the all-black town of Ruby with a group of women living in a nearby convent, Morrison revises traditional views of what constitutes the best type of community. She criticizes...
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Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies |
| Online Access: | https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/135 |
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