Zora Neale Hurston & American literary culture /

Zora Neale Hurston & American literary culture / M. Genevieve West.

Genevieve West examines the cultural history of Zora Neale Hurston's writing and the reception of her work, in an attempt to explain why Hurston died in obscure poverty only to be reclaimed as an important Harlem Renaissance writer decades after her death.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: West, Margaret Genevieve.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2005]
Subjects:
Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Appreciation > United States.
Hurston, Zora Neale > Political and social views.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans in literature.
Race in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Negotiating ideologies of the Harlem Renaissance: the politics of Hurston's art and identity.
  • Making a way: fighting "the line of least resistance"
  • A highway through the wilderness.
  • Voodoo: fact and fiction.
  • "The tragedies of life"
  • Talking back: taking a stand on race and politics.
  • The making of an icon.

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