A Zora Neale Hurston companion
By: Robert W. Croft.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; African American authors -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; African Americans in literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Folklore in literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Biography
Description: "This reference is a convenient and thorough guide to the life and writings of writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), one of the most significant African-American novelists of the twentieth century." "Born in Alabama, she grew up in Eatonville, a small town populated entirely by African-Americans near Orlando, Florida, where she developed an interest in African-American folklore. In 1925 she moved to New York and became a part of the Harlem Renaissance. She continued her anthropological research, and African-American folklore remained central to her fiction. Although she died in relative obscurity, her literary reputation has been resurrected and raised to a height that she probably would not have imagined. Today her place in the canon of American literature is unquestioned." "This book outlines the major events and significant accomplishments of her life, and a short biography offers a narrative assessment of her career. The core of the book presents an alphabetical arrangement of Hurston's works, characters, themes, family members, and acquaintances. Entries for the most important topics include suggestions for further reading, and the volume also includes an extensive primary bibliography listing publication information about Hurston's novels, plays, short stories, nonfiction articles, book reviews, newspaper articles, and poems. A secondary bibliography presents an exhaustive list of Hurston criticism, research, and reviews of her works."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-243) and index.
Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.