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Peer reviewedKraft, Quentin G. – College English, 1988
Discusses William Beatty Warner's "Reading Clarissa: The Struggles of Interpretation," a study of Samuel Richardson's role as eighteenth-century critic and interpreter of his own novels. Examines the treatment of character by both Richardson and Warner, focusing on Richardson's humanist interpretation and Warner's anti-humanist…
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedBowers, Susan – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1990
Explores the effects of Toni Morrison's novel, "Beloved," on readers. Explains that it maps a new direction for the African-American apocalyptic tradition because Morrison relocated the arena of racial battle from the streets to the African-American psyche where memories of the atrocities of the past have been buried. (JS)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black History, Black Literature, Blacks
