Balancing the Books
Faulkner, Morrison and the Economies of Slavery
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:28th Feb '03
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Balancing the Books represents a sophisticated examination of the ongoing engagement of American literature with the economies of slavery through the works of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. Both Faulkner and Morrison write about the relationship between race, identity, and history, and about how the legacies of slavery linger in the lives and actions of their characters, although the narrative strategies through which they render these themes ultimately diverge. Dussere brings considerations of debt and repayment, exchange and accounting, and capital and the market-concepts inseparable from any consideration of race in the construction of the American nation-into dialogue with the work of Faulkner and Morrison to produce an outstanding work of literary and cultural criticism.
"Balancing the Books is an important and evocative book,that we can especially appreciate in the aftermath ofenron." -- Novel, Richard Pearce
ISBN: 9780415942980
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 480g
172 pages