race in literature

Examines four novels from Toni Morrison, "The Bluest Eye," "Tar Baby," "Jazz," and "Beloved," discussing the relationship between race, generic forms, and the dominant culture, and describing Morrison's narrative strategies and the critical claim that her novels lack resolution.

Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, which was published in the late nineteenth century and has been banned frequently since then for his use of racial epithets or simply for being coarse.

Provides an overview of the theme of race and prejudice in American, British, and world literature; features analyses of eighteen representative literary works, each with an introduction to the book and its author, a plot summary, theme analyses, critical assessments, and lists of media adaptations and related writings.

Traces the secret history of whiteness, exploring how, when, and why European men bought into the idea that they were "whites" and therefore superior to other races and nationalities.

Historically racialized society's effect on American writing.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of American writer, John Howard Griffin.

Contains twelve essays that describe how racial issues are presented in major literary works such as Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird, " and includes plot summaries, historical background, and a discussion of overt and subtle racism.

Explores race in William Shakespeare's Othello a work of literature through the disciplines of sociology and literature in a unique format designed to support cross-curricular studies.