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Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim. Using new biographical information, he explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison's fiction and repeatedly finds surprising traces of the Nobel Prize-winning author's struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Whatever the exact circumstances surrounding her decision to become Toni, one thing

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Author

John N. Duvall

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan US

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780230623088

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Criticism

Updated

2026-03-25