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 Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
1,187 words, approx. 4 pages
 Zora Neale Hurston ( 1891-01-07 – 1960-01-28 ) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance , best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sourced Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not... 
 
| Name: |
Zora Neale Hurston | | Birth Date: |
January 7, 1903 | | Death Date: |
January 28, 1960 | | Place of Birth: |
Eatonville, Florida, United States | | Place of Death: |
Fort Pierce, Florida, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
African American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
author, folklorist |
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 Biography of Zora Neale Hurston
684 words, approx. 2 pages
Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960), folklorist and novelist, was best known for her collection of African American folklore Mules and Men (1935) and her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), in which she charted a young African American woman's... summary from source:
Biography of Zora Neale Hurston
8,143 words, approx. 27 pages
 From the 1930s through the 1960s, Zora Neale Hurston was the most prolific and accomplished black woman writer in America. During that thirtyyear period she published seven books, many short stories, magazine articles, and plays, and she gained a... summary from source:
 Biography of Zora Neale Hurston
6,609 words, approx. 22 pages
From the 1930s through the 1960s, Zora Neale Hurston was the most prolific and accomplished black woman writer in America. During that thirty-year period she published seven books, numerous short stories, magazine articles, and plays, and she also...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960) Summary
209 words, approx. 1 pagesA prolific novelist, folklorist, anthropologist, and critic, Zora Neale Hurston was one of the inspiring personalities of the Harlem Renaissance. Her diverse interests intertwine in her most influential novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), where... summary from source:
 Hurston, Zora Neale Summary
19,826 words, approx. 66 pagesHurston is widely considered one of the foremost writers of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of great achievement in African American art and literature during the 1920s and 1930s. Her fiction, which depicts relationships among black residents in her... summary from source:
 Hurston, Zora Neale Summary
3,663 words, approx. 12 pagesBorn January 7, 1891 Eatonville, Florida Died January 28, 1960 Fort Pierce, Florida American short story writer, autobiographer, novelist, and folklorist One of the most memorable figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston had a wit and a... summary from source:
 Hurston, Zora Neale Summary
2,849 words, approx. 10 pagesZora Neale Hurston Born January 7, 1891 (Eatonville, Florida)Died January 28, 1960 (Fort Pierce, Florida) Author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important cultural movements of the Roaring... summary from source:
 Zora Neale Hurston Information
2,505 words, approx. 8 pages
Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching...
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 The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960
04/30/2000: 518 words, approx. 2 pages Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960 In January 1925, at the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, Howard University graduate Zora Neale Hurston moved to New York City. She later wrote of that period, "I had $1.50, no job, no friends, and a lot of hope."... summary from source:
Southern Quarterly A Zora Neale Hurston Companion
10/01/2005: 749 words, approx. 3 pages Croft, Robert W. A Zora Neale Hurston Companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. 256 pgs. Cloth: $81.95/paper: $34.95 ISBN: 0313307075 Includes index and appendix of bibliographies of primary and selected secondary sources. With the body of scholarship on Zora Neale Hurston and the... summary from source:
 AP News Drummers clash with new Harlem residents
8/11/2007: 714 words, approx. 2 pagesOn Saturday nights in summer, hundreds of fingers pound out mesmerizing rhythms on African drums _ a ritual repeated for decades in Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park.This year, the drums have a counterpoint: the complaints of "new Harlemites.""African drumming is wonderful for the first four hours,... summary from source:
The New York Observer As Zuckerman Says Goodbye, Halberstam, Ivins and Schlesinger Live On
9/18/2007: 707 words, approx. 2 pagesCan writing confer immortality? Let’s hope for at least temporary immortality, because the season’s books are crowded with the dead. David Halberstam, Molly Ivins and Arthur Schlesinger Jr., all three of whom died earlier this year, have books coming out this fall: Halberstam’s long-awaited narrative...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Susan Edwards Meisenhelder
11,931 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Meisenhelder analyzes the narrative techniques that Hurston utilizes to explore racial and sexual issues in Mules and Men.
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Critical Essay by Rosan Augusta Jordan
10,427 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Jordan finds similarities between Mules and Men and J. Frank Dobie's Tongues of the Monte, maintaining that because of their unconventional formats, both books offer “a more holistic version of the folklore they present.”
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Critical Essay by Suzanne D. Green
9,183 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Green contends that Hurston and Kate Chopin “both construct communities in which woman is equated with Other” in their respective stories “Sweat” and “Beyond the Bayou.”
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 88%Zora Neale Hurston and Feminism
1,207 words, approx. 4 pages
The role of Zora Neale Hurston's literature on the feminist movement of the early 20th century. In Hurston's "Their Eyes were Watching God," the character of Janie represented a girl's transformation into a strong symbol of feminism. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Zora Neale Hurston
917 words, approx. 3 pages
Explores the life and career of African American writer Zora Neale Hurston includung her novels, plays, and her collection of folklore.
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