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...
The rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, first published in 1937 but subsequently out-of-print for decades, mark...
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...
The rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, first published in 1937 but subsequently out-of-print for decades, mark...
The lives and works of women artists in the Harlem Renaissance-Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, and others. Their achievements reflect the struggle of a generation of literary women to depict the lives of Black people, especially Black women, honestly and artfully.
The lives and works of women artists in the Harlem Renaissance-Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, and others. Their...
For blues musicians, "worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to emphasize, clarify, or subvert a moment in a song. Cheryl A. Wall applies this term to fiction and nonfiction writing by African American women in the twentieth century, demonstrating how these writers bring about similar changes in African American and American literary traditions.
Examining the works of Lucille Clifton, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and Alice Walker, Wall highlights ways in which...
For blues musicians, "worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to em...
Now frequently anthologized, Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" was first published in Fire , a legendary literary magazine of the Harlem Renaissance, whose sole issue appeared in November 1926. In "Sweat" Hurston claimed the voice that animates her mature fiction, notably the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God; the themes of marital conflict and the development of spiritual consciousness were introduced as well. "Sweat" exemplifies Hurston's lifelong concern with women's relation to language and the literary possibilities of the black vernacular. This casebook for this story...
Now frequently anthologized, Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" was first published in Fire , a legendary literary magazine of the Harlem Renai...
This volume brings together all of the known poetry and a selection of correspondence by an enormously talented but underappreciated poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Cousin of novelist Dorothy West and friend of Zora Neale Hurston, Helene Johnson (1905--1995) first gained literary prominence when James Weldon Johnson and Robert Frost selected three of her poems for prizes in a 1926 competition. During the late 1920s and early 1930s her poetry appeared in various small magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Quill, Palms, Opportunity, and Harlem. In 1933 Johnson married, and two years later...
This volume brings together all of the known poetry and a selection of correspondence by an enormously talented but underappreciated poet of the Ha...
In Savoring the Salt, a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and vision played a vital role in shaping African American culture in the last quarter of the twentieth century.
In Savoring the Salt, a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and vision ...
In "Savoring the Salt," a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists, and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and vision played a vital role in shaping African-American culture in the last quarter of the 20th century.
In "Savoring the Salt," a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists, and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and visi...
Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have done their most influential work in the essay form. In this volume, Cheryl A. Wall offers the first sustained study of the African American essay as a distinct literary genre.
Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have ...
Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have done their most influential work in the essay form. In this volume, Cheryl A. Wall offers the first sustained study of the African American essay as a distinct literary genre.
Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have ...
