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Zora Neale Hurston : Literary biographyEntry/Object ID
Library.2056Description
xxvi, 371 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Zora Neale Hurston : Literary biography by Robert E. Hemenway with a foreword by Alice Walker. 1977 but first paperback edition, 1980.
Summary: Reconstructs the events, relationships, and achievements that marked the life of the black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, assessing her important works and commitment to the black folk tradition.
Selected contents: Jump at the Sun, 1901-1925 -- Harlem city -- From the earliest rocking of my cradle -- Do you know any folktales -- Godmother and big sweet 1927-1931 -- Mule bone -- Will to adorn -- Plough up some literary -- Crayon enlargement of life -- Voodoo gods and biblical men-- Ambiguities of self, politics of race -- Pots in sorrow's kitchen -- Appendix A: Checklist of writings -- Index.
Includes information on her involvement with the Florida Federal Writers program and her friendship with James Weldon Johnson.
Selected photos include: John Hurston, Zora's father, and her stepmom -- Zora while a student at Howard University -- Zora at the Federal Writers Project exhibit 1938 -- Gravestone placed by Alice Walker.Collection
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Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960., Folklorists -- United States -- Biography., African American authors -- Biography.Publication Details
Author
Hemenway, Robert E, 1941-2015Publisher
Univ. of Illinois PressPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Urbana, Ill.Call No.
PS 3515 .U789 Z7 1980ISBN
9780252008078