The book presents a cultural study of Toni Morrisons fiction, focused on her representations of the past and present, along with the relationship between the two. The authors analyze Morrisons texts not solely as aesthetic, autonomous objects but as manifestations of a cultural and creative practice closely related to actuality. They examine various incorporations of history in Morrisons writings. The contributions search out thematic continuities as well as discernable ruptures in the texts while noting futuristic tendencies in Morrison's novels and the texts envisagement of the human race.