Playing in the Dark: Whiteness & the Literary Imagination - Toni Morrison (HCDJ)

First edition, third printing hardcover copy of Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison (Harvard University Press, 1992). Very rare copy of this nonfiction study on African American’s portrayal in impact upon American literature through the ages. She examines the works of Willa Cather, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway and others to this end. By the author of The Bluest Eye / Beloved / Jazz and others. This copy has some cover scuffing, mild edge wear to jacket and a red star stamp on front endpaper. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are straight and clean, binding is tight and spine is straight. See photos for condition.

Packaged with care and shipped via USPS Media Mail.