Positions Toni Morrison's novels within the timely framework of geocriticism and spatial studies
Covers a wide range of Morrison's oeuvre, including Love, A Mercy, and Jazz
Highlights not only the significance of Morrison's novels within literary studies but also her intellectual, political, and cultural influence

Autorentext
Herman Beavers is Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Held in the Thrall: Morrison's Southern Men and the Arrested Motion of Tight Space.- From Zero to Nowhere: Tight Space and the Topophilia of Violence.- The Housing of Hurt: The Optic of Tight Space in Jazz .- A Measure of Last Resort: Limerence and the Geometrical Shape of Community in Love .- A Pox on All Your Houses: Susceptibility, Immunity, and the Dilemma of Allegory in A Mercy .- The Precarity of Freedom: Toni Morrison and the Post-Racial Moment.