It further accumulates within Toni Morrison's poetical style, symbolising the repression of slaves, but paradoxically, symbolising their own livelihood and freedom. ... As a jazz musician, my personal experience with the theory of the blues and improvisation allows me to observe the release and tension technique within Toni Morrison's work. ... Judith Thurman writes of Toni Morrison's literary style, "She treats the past as if it were one of the luminous old scenes painted on dark glass and she breaks the glass, and recomposes it in disjointed and puzzling modern form." ... ...

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