Toni Morrison’s Beloved

This volume is designed to present biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on Toni Morrison and Beloved. Following Harold Bloom’s introduction, there appears a detailed biography of the author, discussing major life events and important literary works. Then follows a thematic and structural analysis of the work, in which significant themes, patterns, and motifs are traced. An annotated list of characters supplies brief information on the chief characters in the work.

A selection of critical extracts, derived from previously published material from leading critics, then follows. The extracts consist of statements by the author on his work, early reviews of the work, and later evaluations up to the present. These items are arranged chronologically by date of first publication. A bibliography of Morrison’s writings (including a complete listing of all books he wrote, co-wrote, edited, and translated in his lifetime, and important posthumous publications), a list of additional books and articles on him and on Beloved, and an index of themes conclude the volume.