“There She is”:Reconnoitering the Miasmatic Leanings of Joe Trace in Toni Morrison’s Jazz

Toni Morrison is a venerable master of her craft. In line with her tradition of superb fictional work, Jazz is a work that is too complex to produce a universal interpretation. The genius of Morrison lies in the fact that her novels compel readers to get involved as the interpretation is purposefully subjective. In Jazz, Morrison has once again managed to accomplish a literary feat by skillfully capturing the history, essence, and spirit of a genre of music and translating it into enchanting literature. The shifting tone of the novel has to be absorbed and appreciated like the music after which it is named.