Place Names in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, recounts the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old Black girl in Lorain, Ohio, where her wish for blue eyes represents desire for what she is denied, the privileges of her white classmates and the comforts of a safe home.  Amid this novel set in 1941 during...

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Main Author: Christine De Vinne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2022-08-01
Series:Names
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Online Access:https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2395