Bibliograph

Goodness and the literary imagination, Harvard Divinity School's 95th Ingersoll Lecture: with essays on Morrison's moral and religious vision, Toni Morrison ; edited by Davíd Carrasco, Stephanie Paulsell, and Mara Willard

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Goodness and the literary imagination, Harvard Divinity School's 95th Ingersoll Lecture: with essays on Morrison's moral and religious vision, Toni Morrison ; edited by Davíd Carrasco, Stephanie Paulsell, and Mara Willard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Goodness and the literary imagination

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Toni Morrison ; edited by Davíd Carrasco, Stephanie Paulsell, and Mara Willard

Series statement

Ingersoll lecture, 2012

Sub title

Harvard Divinity School's 95th Ingersoll Lecture: with essays on Morrison's moral and religious vision

Summary

What exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters' greatest voices, pondered these perplexing questions in her celebrated Ingersoll Lecture, delivered at Harvard University in 2012 and published now for the first time in book form. Morrison's essay is followed by a series of responses by scholars in the fields of religion, ethics, history, and literature to her thoughts on goodness and evil, mercy and love, racism and self-destruction, language and liberation, together with close examination of literary and theoretical expressions from her works.

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