Toni Morrison has indicated in interviews that the three novels she wrote between 1982 and 1997--Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise--formed a trilogy, and that this 15-year labor focused on the theme of excessive love. We seek 20 to 30 page essay submissions for an edited anthology entitled "Toni Morrison's Trilogy." The essays may analyze one or two of the novels or the full three novels. We hope to include a section of essays that foreground a discussion of the trilogy, followed by a section of essays representing fresh approaches to each novel in the trilogy.
Contributors interested in exploring the nature of the trilogy should be encouraged by the fact that virtually nothing has been written about Morrison's trilogy. Perhaps the main reason for this lack of discussion is the difficulty of bringing the three novels together. We hope that contributors will confront this challenge by developing different theories of the usefulness or limitations of this focus on the trilogy. The extended deadline for submission is May 31, 2007. Essays, with the MLA style and endnotes, should be sent to both Margo Natalie Crawford and Sheldon Brivic (see addresses below). Email submissions (Microsoft Word) will be accepted. For more information, email Margo Natalie Crawford at crawform@indiana.edu.

Sheldon Brivic
English Department
Temple University
Anderson Hall, 10th Floor (022-29)
1114 W. Berks St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6090
sbrivic@temple.edu

Margo Natalie Crawford
Department of English
Indiana University-Bloomington
605 Whitethorn Way
Bloomington, IN 47403
crawform@indiana.edu