Toni Morrison’s Opus About Confronting a Terrible Past | It's Lit

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Beloved is the magnum opus of the late, great Toni Morrison. It has become a key piece of literature taught in schools and is considered one of the great pieces of American literature. To understand Beloved, we must first look at the woman behind the pages: Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison.

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I got wrecked when I read it over winter break. it is no exaggeration to say that this novel changed my life. it smashed me into pieces and showed me the beauty in the wreckage

oowatwat
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I'm a Brit so reading Beloved in my first year at uni in 2009 was one of my first encounters with American authors of colour. It affected me so much that it entirely changed the way I read and saw literature. I went from being a student who only read books by dead white guys to someone who actively sought out a diverse range of literature and even started putting my own experiences of marginalised identity to the page. I cannot overstate how powerful this book is. Everyone should read it if they get the chance.

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Reading Beloved for the first time was a harrowing experience from the beginning. I have never been so affected by a novel before, and I have never cried so hard while reading any other novel. It's an experience that hits you deeply into your soul, leaving you raw but renewed, and I very much needed to go outside, and look at the sky while I processed the ending.

Reading this as a youth is a necessity, and I am grateful beyond words for my high school literature teacher for guiding us through the intricacies of this novel, both technical and thematic triumphs. I can very honestly say this novel changed me

liaemilie
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Had to read the Bluest Eye for assignment in my African American Literature II class and that book was difficult read for how raw and relatable much of the content was for me as a black person. Toni Morrison is a phenomenal writer and her contributions to literary and its impact on it and society are appreciated.

EquinoxGT
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I read this book for a college class called "writing the novel" as an example of an excellent stroy telling.

avrilbas
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Just finished this and one of the many astonishing things about it is how Morrison blends several different writing styles with such skill and delicate emotional appropriateness to the exact feeling of every given scene. SO hard to pull off.

RidleyJones
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Haven't watched the video yet cause ads but let me comment for the engagement because I know imma love it.

Amazing analysis. Morrison is a queen and a gift for all future generations. She touched my soul in a way no other author has. I miss her

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Small correction, it is the Nobel Prize for literature, not the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature. The Nobel Peace Prize is its own award given by Norway, separate from the various other Nobel Prizes, given by Sweden.

Sam_on_YouTube
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This is one of my favorite episodes you've ever done, so beautifully and concisely capturing why this novel deserves its high place in American literature.

acecat
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That's so true and so painful for us in Ukraine. The words about truth and horror, tragedy and destructive memories. This women was genius and had huge talent

dianas
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According to some people at my college, before Professor Mark Behr passed away in 2015, he would always reference Toni Morrison whenever he could. While I myself have never read "Beloved, " after watching this episode, I can gain more appreciation for Morrison as a writer. The last work that I read from hers was on authors not being to escape from their own writings...something like that...it's been a long time.

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I missed this coming out yesterday! Always a good day when there is a new video with Princess Weekes! 💜

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In college our American Gothic professor, who was amazing by the way, had us read Beloved. It was so haunting, so good. It really is a book that deserves its accolades.

BlueDragonArt
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I read Beloved for a freshman seminar in college and of the books we read in that class, it made the biggest impact.

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I read it in college for a course with the banal name "The Novel and Other Narratives since World War II", which assigned me books that ring through my mind to this day and served up so many authors I still read like Coetzee, Rushdie, Marquez, Morrison (and others I do not read, but am glad I did, like Maxine Hong Kingston, Thomas Pynchon, etc.)

I now teach African-American History, and whenever I teach about the horrors of the crossing, it is Morrison's words, in that stream of consciousness chapter, that still ring through my head and (hopefully!) pass through me as I educate my students.

jso
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This was my favorite novel as a teenager, even through I couldn't understand it fully I was obsessed, thank you for this video I might reread it again after so many years

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I absolutely LOVE your videos/interpretive essays and the way in which you analyze the Lit. You cover.

Beloved was one of the most haunting books I've ever read. Yet also ( in it's own right) among one of the most Beautiful.

Morrison is in a class all her own.
Nobody writes like her. (I just finished Five Poems. )

My family hails from Ohio originally. (although I was raised in rural, northeast TN.) and my sister is interested in genealogy research. She discovered that I am a great x4 (or 5 I think?) Grandson of Udney Hay Hyde. Who was involved in the underground railroad. He assisted a man named Addison White among others.
There isn't a lot on him, but I wish Mr. White's story was better documented and think it might be one you'd be interested in ma'am . From what little there IS on him, it seems that many towns people in the area he was at at the time pitched in together to help him. (They took donations and raised the funds to purchase him from an EVIL slave owner . I believe Mr. White also fought in the civil war.) I think it would be a good story on many fronts. And it's one that isn't well known. It's also
One I certainly don't have the talents to do justice to. (In regards to telling his story .)
But I think you would do MARVELOUS at it based on other videos I've seen.

Your segments and Monstrum are hands down my favorite.

Great job as always.

jeremyhennessee
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Nicely timed - I'm teaching this novel next week as part of a class on ghost stories - and usefully written. It's a powerful text, and I've been wondering if I can do it justice. Points made here will help with that.

joeyoung
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This is such a coincidence! I was finishing up reading Beloved as this video dropped. I was totally devastated by it, and it was helpful to learn about Margaret Garner afterward.

deuteragonist
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This book ripped my heart out and stomped on it. Excellent read, but buckle up because it's a rough, rough ride. Great video, y'all!

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