Download or read book New Essays on Song of Solomon written by Valerie Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected here, written by leading critics of Toni Morrison's work, exemplify the fresh theoretical and cultural perspectives that have been brought to bear on African-American texts in general and on Song of Solomon in particular. They reveal the complexities of a deceptively straightforward novel and spark renewed interest in this pivotal text by one of the most gifted authors this nation has produced.