From emotional orphanhood to cultural orphanhood: spiritual death and re-birth in two novels by Tony Morrison

This paper aims to analyze the process of spiritual death and sometimes ensuing re-birth Morrison's characters undergo in two of her novels: Sula and Tar Baby. Special attention will be paid to the female protagonists, Sula and Jadine, and their emotional and cultural "orphanhoo...

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Main Author: Vega González, Susana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 1996-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/1996-n9-from-emotional-orphanhood-to-cultural-orphanhood-spiritual-death-and-re-birth-in-two-novels-by-tony-morrison