A Review of Toni Morrison’s First Novel The Bluest Eye (267 words, 1 pages)
Readers of Toni Morrison's first novel, The Bluest Eye, are often so overwhelmed by the narrative's emotional content--the child Pecola's incestuous rape, ensuing pregnancy, and subsequent abandonment by her community and descent into madness--that they miss the music in this lyrically "songified" narrative. 1 Morrison has stated that her narrative ...
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