Look for literary criticism in Gale Literature.
Search for scholarly critical analysis of novels, plays, short stories and poetry in the literary criticism database Gale Literature.
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Excerpt from the scholarly article "Black Girlhood and Black Womanhood: The Bluest Eye and Sula":
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