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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a key text in African American literature. Its author Zora Neale Hurston has become an iconic figure for her literary works and for her invaluable contribution to documenting elements of black folk culture in the rural south and in the Caribbean. This introductory book designed for students explores Hurston’s artistic achievements and her unique character: her staunch individualism, her penchant for drama, her sometimes controversial politics, her philosophical influences and her views on gender relations. Lovalerie King explores Hurston’s life and analyses her major works and short stories. Historical, social, political, and cultural contexts for Hurston’s life and work, including her key role in the development of the Harlem Renaissance, are set out. The book concludes with an overview of the reception of Hurston’s work, both in her lifetime and up to the present, as well as suggestions for further reading.

Authors, American. --- American authors --- Hurston, Zora Neale --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960) --- Critique et interprétation

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In this volume, Lovalerie King and Shirley Moody-Turner have compiled a collection of essays that offer access to some of the most innovative contemporary black fiction while addressing important issues in current African American literary studies. Distinguished scholars Houston Baker, Trudier Harris, Darryl Dickson-Carr, and Maryemma Graham join writers and younger scholars to explore the work of Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, Trey Ellis, Paul Beatty, Mat Johnson, Kyle Baker, Danzy Senna, Nikki Turner, and many others. The collection is bracketed by a foreword by novelist and graphic arti

African Americans in literature. --- African Americans --- American literature --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- African American intellectuals --- Intellectual life. --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Intellectual life --- African Americans in literature --- Literary criticism --- American --- Urban fiction [American ] --- Morrison, Toni --- Blackman, Marci --- Beatty, Paul --- Jones, Tayari --- Baker, Kyle John --- Tademy, Lalita --- Whitehead, Colson