Toni Morrison is one of the most prominent writers of the post-aesthetic movement (Napierkowski). Mirroring their increased presence in politics, African Americans also became highly visible as writers of the 1960s. Harlem Renaissance writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston played important roles in the 1920s , while Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison achieved both literary and popular fame in the 1940s and 1950s. Many of these works were popular because of the way they were able to interpret the black experience for an audience white. In the 1960s and 1970s, however, writers in the "Black Aesthetic Movement" attempted to produce works of art that would be meaningful to the black masses. Writers such as Amiri Baraka, Haki R. Madhubuti, and Sonia Sanchez created works that highlighted the disparity between blacks and whites and affirmed the value of African-American culture, creating a sense of pride and d identity within the black community. In the late 1970s and 1980s, however, many African American writers chose a slightly different approach. Instead of focusing on the differences between blacks and whites in America – and thus placing themselves within or against a white social context – these “post-aesthetic” writers used an entirely African-American context for their work (Napiekowski npg). about families and communities, Beloved is an example of a literary movement (Napieerkowski npg). The setting of the novel begins in the state of Ohio in a house at 124 Bluestone Road. Morrison's book, Beloved the Past, plays a role in how the characters act in the present. Morrison uses memory and reminiscences to show the characters, Sethe, Denver, and Beloved, who had difficulty remembering their memories. The me...... middle of paper ...... Library. Internet. November 13, 2011. Denard, Carolyn C. "Morrison, Toni 1931-." Modern American Writers. Ed. Elaine Showalter, Léa Baechler and A. Walton Litz. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. 317-338. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. November 17, 2011. Elizabeth House, “The Ghost of Toni Morrison: The Beloved Who Is Not Beloved,” in Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 18, no. 1, spring 1990, pp. 17-26. Morrison, Tony. Beloved. New York: Knopf, 1987. Toutonghi, Pauls Harijs. "Toni Morrison's sweetheart." Classics of American Writers. Ed. Jay Parini. Flight. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 19-33. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. November 10, 2011.Dehnkubitschek, Missy Dehn. Toni Morrison A Critical Companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. 115-137. Marsh, Thomas. "Filling in the Gaps: The Fictional World of Toni Morrison". Bloom 39-60.