Mixed genres and the logic of slavery in Toni Morrison's 'Beloved.' From: CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction | Date: January 1, 1995| Author: Malmgren, Carl D. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' is a combination of diverse literary forms. However, it is the slave narrative form which predominates. The novel is focused on the institution of slavery. It tells the life of a spirit of a dead baby girl, which took a human form to confront her mother. However, far from being a mere ghost story, 'Beloved' also presents how slavery has denied its victims of individuality and the true value of freedom.

At first reading Toni Morrison's Beloved strikes one as a...

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