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Hurston s four novels and two books of folklore resulted from extensive anthropological research and have proven invaluable sources on the oral cultures of african america. Their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston and a great selection of related books. She was deemed one of the greatest writers of our time by the novelist toni morrison. Jan 31, 2018 zora neale hurston was born in notasulga, alabama, probably in 1891. The fifth of eight children, her father, john hurston, was a baptist preacher, carpenter, and tenant farmer while her mother, lucy ann, was a teacher at the local school. Other classics include the acclaimed short story sweat. They rather remind us of authors like nella larsen, rudolph fisher, and carl van vechten and their sophisticated stories of.
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Zora neale hurston, american folklorist and writer associated with the harlem renaissance who celebrated the african american culture of the rural south. Five harlem short stories by zora neale hurston 559 the rediscovered stories, more vanity fair than southern agrarian in tone, do not sound like wright or ellison. She was the fifth of eight children born to john and lucy potts hurston. Overview to call zora neale hurstons their eyes were watching god an african american feminist classic may be an accurate statementit is certainly a frequent statementbut it is a misleadingly narrow and rather dull way to introduce a vibrant and achingly human novel. Zora neale hurstons short story sweat was first published in firell, a legendary literary magazine of the harlem. The first outside scholar to see the scripts was carla kaplan of the university of southern california, who visited the library of congress in 1997 to look for letters for her 2002 edition of hurstons correspondence zora neale hurston.
Her short story, mules and men was critically acclaimed. She would shake her head sadly, and observe to johns father. Of hurstons four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel their eyes were watching god. Zora neale hurston was born in notasulga, alabama, probably in 1891.
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Zora neale hurston 18911960 was an africanamerican folklorist, anthropologist, and author, born in notasulga, al, the fifth of eight children of john hurston and lucy ann hurston nee potts. Zora neale hurston, excerpts from their eyes were watching god, 1937. Several articles are available in her book folklore, memoirs, and other writings. Introduction zora neale hurston was one of the most prolific africanamerican female writers of her day. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never. Zora neale hurston s most popular book is their eyes were watching god.
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