Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Casebook

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Casebook

by Cheryl A. Wall
ISBN-10:
0195121732
ISBN-13:
9780195121735
Pub. Date:
11/28/2000
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10:
0195121732
ISBN-13:
9780195121735
Pub. Date:
11/28/2000
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Casebook

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Casebook

by Cheryl A. Wall

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Overview

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.

About the Author:
Cheryl A. Wall is Professor of English at Rutgers University, where she teaches African-American and American Literature.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195121735
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 11/28/2000
Series: Casebooks in Criticism Series
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Cheryl A. Wall is Professor of English at Rutgers University, where she teaches African-American and American Literature.

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