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The Bluest Eye

First published in 1970, The Bluest Eye tells the tragic tale of the racial self-hatred experienced by an unloved poor black girl.  This novel was the first one written by the acclaimed author Toni Morrison.

Call Number for Searching the Shelves

  • PS3563 .O8749

Circulating Books – A Selected List

  • Harris, Trudier. Fiction and Folklore: The Novels of Toni Morrison. 1991.

                       Call Number: PS3563 .O8749 Z67 1991

  • Kubitschek, Missy Dehn. Toni Morrison: A Critical Companion. 1998.

                          Call Number: PS3563 .O8749 Z75 1998

  • Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye 1994.

                        Call Number: PS3563 .O8749 B55 1994

  • Peach, Linden. Modern Novelists: Toni Morrison. 1995.

                     Call Number:  PS3563 .O8749 Z825 1995

LINCCWeb online catalog – SearchTerms

  • Bluest Eye (Title Keywords)
  • Morrison, Toni (Subject Keywords)

ReferenceMaterials

  • Contemporary Literary Criticism   Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 10, pg. 354-355

o   Vol. 22, pg. 314-315, 318-319

o   Vol. 55, pg. 196, 200, 205-209

o   Vol. 81, pg. 217-220, 225-229, 233-239, 254-268

o   Vol. 87, pg. 263, 291-292, 294, 304

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

o   Vol. 5, pg. 2300-2303

  • Literature and Its Times  Call Number: REF PN50 .L574 1997

o   Vol  4, pg. 49-57

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

o   Vol. 4, pg. 1802-03

  • Novels for Students   Call Number:  REF PN44 .N937

o   Vol. 1, pg. 66-88

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