Few characters in modern literature embody the weight of history as profoundly as Sethe, the tragic heroine of Toni Morrison’s 'Beloved'. Born into slavery and driven by a mother’s desperate love, ...

In the final instalment of her series on the novel, Jane Smiley on why Toni Morrison’s Beloved - a sensational story of slavery and racism in America - has endured It is clear from Morrison's ...

124 was full of spite. Sethe and her daughter Denver lived there all alone. Too scared to go out. Sethe's mother-in-law, Baby Suggs, had lived with them for 18 years but she had wisely chosen to die ...

In awe of her subtle imagery and slight nods to the Black female psyche, my 14-year-old self clung to Toni Morrison’s depictions of a misunderstood femininity, from blue eyes to bare bellies. This ...

The novel is an elegant, eloquent encapsulation of antebellum and postbellum America, in which Morrison problematises ideas about memory and forgetting, history and trauma. The novel takes its subtext ...

Excellent descriptions of trauma abound, including memoirs, but they are logical and descriptive, constrained by the conventions of straightforward narrative. But trauma itself upends the usual modes ...

Just in time for Christmas, NBC is airing a tale about a lonely and isolated person whose world is turned upside down following visits by a ghost from the past. After a series of troubling and ...

'Beloved.' Title significance: The title "Beloved" serves as a reference to several aspects of the story. "Beloved" is the name given to the ghostly, mysterious young woman who appears at 124 ...