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   A tonal shift in Beloved uses the character of the ghost as a physical embodiment of repressed collective trauma, a technique Morrison described as 'rememory.

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   Morrison's Beloved is widely taught in American universities and is considered a landmark work in African American literature.

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   The novel was adapted into a 1998 film starring Oprah Winfrey, who also co-produced the project.

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   Inspired by the true story of Margaret Garner, Toni Morrison's Beloved centers on an enslaved woman who kills her infant daughter rather than allow her to be returned to slavery.

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   Published in 1987, Toni Morrison's Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988.

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