Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Biographical and Social Context -- 2.1 Morrison before Beloved. -- 2.2 The Publication of Beloved. -- 2.3 Morrison after Beloved -- 3. Literary Strategies -- 3.1 Magic Realism -- 3.2 Call and Response Structures -- 3.3 Beloved and the Jazz Aesthetic -- 3.4 Free Indirect Discourse -- 4. Sequential Development and Analysis -- 4.1 Chapter One -- 4.2 Chapters Two and Three -- Rememory -- 4.3 Chapters Four, Five and Six -- 4.4 Chapters Seven and Eight -- 4.5 Chapters Nine, Ten and Eleven -- 4.6 Chapters Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen -- 4.7 Chapter Fifteen -- 4.8 Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen -- 4.9 Chapter Eighteen -- Part Two -- 4.10 Chapter Nineteen -- 4.11 Chapters Twenty to Twenty Three -- 4.12 Chapters Twenty Four and Twenty Five -- Part Three -- 4.13 Chapters Twenty Six, Seven, and Eight -- 5. Interpreting Beloved -- 5.1 Beloved and Modernism -- 5.2 Beloved and Postmodernism -- 5.3 Beloved and Realism -- 5.4 Language and Motherhood in Beloved -- 5.5 Dissenting Voices -- 5.6 Beloved the Film -- 6. Selected Bibliography -- 6.1 Works on Beloved -- 6.2 Works on Toni Morrison -- 6.3 Internet Sources -- Character List -- Sethe -- Beloved -- Denver -- Paul D -- Baby Suggs (aka Grandma Baby) -- Schoolteacher -- Stamp Paid -- Amy Denver -- Halle Suggs -- Sixo -- Mr. and Mrs. Garner -- Lady Jones -- Ella -- Mr. and Miss Bodwin -- Paul F and Paul A -- Buglar and Howard -- Nan -- Sethe's Mother -- A Note on the Author -- Humanities-Ebooks -- Humanities Insights.