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Beloved

This 1987 novel by Toni Morrison tells the story of Sethe, an escaped slave, and her family through slavery, the American Civil War, and the aftermath. Sethe tried to kill her three children to prevent them from being sent back into slavery but managed to kill only one, her daughter Beloved. The story takes a strange turn when Sethe, her daughter Denver, and another ex-slave Paul D. find a sick young woman named Beloved.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS3563.O8749

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Andrews, William L. (ed.). Toni Morrison’s Beloved. 1999.

                        Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B438 1999

• Bloom, Harold (ed.). Toni Morrison’s Beloved. 2004.

                       Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B433 2004

• Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 1987.

                     Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B4 1988b

• Plasa, Carl. (ed.). Toni Morrison: Beloved. 1998.

                    Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B436 1998

• Solomon, Barbara H. (ed). Critical Essays on Toni Morrison’s Beloved. 1998.

                       Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B434 1998

LINCCWeb Online Catalog – Search Terms

• Morrison, Toni

Reference Materials

• Black Literature Criticism –  Call Number: REF PS153 .N5 B556

                  o   Vol. 3, pg. 1434, 1440, 1444

• Contemporary Literary Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

                  o   Vol. 55, pg. 195-213

                  o   Vol. 81, pg. 231-5, 237-40, 242, 244, 247, 255-6, 258-63, 265-6, 268-9, 272

                  o   Vol. 87, pg. 262-309

                  o   Vol. 173, pg. 327

                  o   Vol. 194, pg. 173, 184, 191, 194-6, 198-206, 209-11, 223-4, 226, 229, 232, 234-46, 248

• Critical Survey of Long Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C75 2000

                  o   Vol. 5, pg. 2308

• Magill’s Survey of American Literature – Call Number: REF PS21 .M34 2007

                  o   Vol. 4, pg. 1801

• Masterplots: Revised 2^nd ed. – Call Number: REF PN44. M33 1996

                  o        Vol. 1, pg. 586-9

• Novels for Students – Call Number: REF PN44 .N937

                  o        Vol. 6, pg. 25-51

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale
• OmniFile Full Text Mega

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.