Download or read book Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zora Neale Hurston s Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Cheryl A. Wall and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, first published in 1937 but subsequently out-of-print for decades, marks one of the most dramatic chapters in African-American literature and Women's Studies. Its popularity owes much to the lyricism of the prose, the pitch-perfect rendition of black vernacular English, and the memorable characters--most notably, Janie Crawford. Collecting the most widely cited and influential essays published on Hurston's classic novel over the last quarter century, this Casebook presents contesting viewpoints by Hazel Carby, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barbara Johnson, Carla Kaplan, Daphne Lamothe, Mary Helen Washington, and Sherley Anne Williams. The volume also includes a statement Hurston submitted to a reference book on twentieth-century authors in 1942. As it records the major debates the novel has sparked on issues of language and identity, feminism and racial politics, A Casebook charts new directions for future critics and affirms the classic status of the novel.
Download or read book Women s Issues in Zora Neale Hurston s Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Gary Wiener and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling volume examines Zora Neale Hurston's life and writings, with a specific look at key ideas related to Their Eyes Were Watching God. Essays discuss a variety of topics, including whether the novel can be viewed as an example for all women, whether it still relevant today, and whether it proves that romantic fantasies cannot last. The book also explores contemporary perspectives on women's issues, such as the idea of women creating their own model of a female hero and the impact of white stereotypes on modern black women.
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Download or read book Understanding Zora Neale Hurston s Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Neal Lester and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-10-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God highlights the vitality of African American culture. This casebook demonstrates how African Americans fashioned themselves individually and collectively to combat racism, classism, and sexism. With provocative documents that contextualize the complex issues of the novel, Lester provides an excellent resource for students and teachers first approaching the excitement and cultural flavor that define Hurston's novels. The casebook is an encyclopedia of African American folk culture that simultaneously presents historical, political, and social commentary on the relationships between men and women and between blacks and whites in America. Documents include interviews with people living in the South at the time of the novel's publication, poetry, rap, folktales, and sermons. Also included are original materials on ebonics, minstrel songs, the blues tradition, the novel in theatrical and dance performance, and materials on Hurston's hometown of Eatonville, Florida.
Download or read book Zora Neale Hurston Haiti and Their Eyes Were Watching God written by La Vinia Delois Jennings and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zora Neale Hurston wrote her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, while in Haiti on a trip funded by a Guggenheim fellowship to research the region’s transatlantic folk and religious culture; this work grounded what would become her ethnography Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica. The essays in Zora Neale Hurston, Haiti, and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” persuasively demonstrate that Hurston’s study of Haitian Voudoun informed the characterization, plotting, symbolism, and theme of her novel. Much in the way that Voudoun and its North American derivative Voodoo are syncretic religions, Hurston’s fiction enacts a syncretic, performative practice of reference, freely drawing upon Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, and Haitian Voudoun mythologies for its political, aesthetic, and philosophical underpinnings. Zora Neale Hurston, Haiti, and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” connects Hurston’s work more firmly to the cultural and religious flows of the African diaspora and to the literary practice by twentieth-century American writers of subscripting in their fictional texts symbols and beliefs drawn from West and Central African religions.
Download or read book New Essays on Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Michael Awkward and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the literary values of Hurston's novel, as well as its reception--from largely dismissive reviews in 1937, through a revival of interest in the 1960s and its recent establishment as a major American novel.
Download or read book Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston: Immerse yourself in the compelling narrative of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. This classic novel explores the journey of its protagonist, Janie Crawford, in search of identity, love, and self-discovery. Key Aspects of the Book "Their Eyes Were Watching God": Identity and Empowerment: Hurston's novel delves into the themes of self-discovery and empowerment as Janie Crawford navigates her own path in a changing world. Cultural Exploration: The book offers a rich exploration of African American culture, folklore, and community in the early 20th century. Narrative Voice: "Their Eyes Were Watching God" is celebrated for its distinctive narrative voice and storytelling style. Zora Neale Hurston was a prominent author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Her novel remains a literary treasure in the exploration of African American experiences.
Download or read book Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zora Neale Hurston s Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the writing of Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Includes critical essays on the work and a brief biography of the author.
Download or read book Classics for Pleasure written by Michael Dirda and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Dirda introduces nearly 90 of the world's most entertaining books, covering masterpieces of fantasy, science fiction, horror, adventure, epics, history, and children's literature.
Download or read book Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom written by Deborah G. Plant and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a ground-breaking study of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant takes issue with current notions of Hurston as a feminist and earlier impressions of her as an intellectual lightweight who disregarded serious issues of race in American culture. Instead, Plant calls Hurston a "writer of resistance" who challenged the politics of domination both in her life and in her work. One of the great geniuses of the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston stands out as a strong voice for African American women. Her anthropological inquiries as well as her evocative prose provide today's readers with a rich history of African American folk culture - a folk culture through which Hurston expressed her personal and political strategy of resistance and self-empowerment. Through readings of Hurston's fiction and autobiographical writings, Plant offers one of the first book-length discussions of Hurston's personal philosophy of individualism and self-reliance. From a discussion of Hurston's preacher father and influential mother, whose guiding philosophy is reflected in the title of this book, to the influence of Spinoza and Nietzsche, Plant puts into perspective the driving forces behind Hurston's powerful prose.
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Download or read book Zora Neale Hurston and Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Christina Gieseler and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Hawai'i Pacific University, course: 20th Century Women Writers of Color, language: English, abstract: Nora Zeale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" can be considered "one of the sexiest, most 'healthily' rendered heterosexual love stories in our literature" (Walker, "Zora Neale Hurston" 88). This paper provides information about the outer contexts of the novel, as well as inductive analyses of the novel. The first part of the paper (Ch. 2-5) reveals information about the author and the historical and literary context of the time in which Hurston's novel was published. The second part of the paper (Ch. 6-7) starts off with an analysis of the plot and characters of Their Eyes Were Watching God, and then focuses on the theme of Otherness as it occurs in Huston's novel. The examinations of the concept of "Otherness", alongside with other terms such as "Dichotomization" and "Stigma", will be based on the concepts that Rosenblum and Travis describe in their work The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class and Sexual Orientation.
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