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The Resource Zora Neale Hurston : a literary biography, Robert E. Hemenway ; with a foreword by Alice Walker

Zora Neale Hurston : a literary biography, Robert E. Hemenway ; with a foreword by Alice Walker

Creator
Summary
Reconstructs the events, relationships, and achievements that marked the life of the black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, assessing her important works and commitment to the black folk tradition
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxvi, 371 pages, [5] leaves of plates
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Jump at the sun : 1901-25
  • Harlem city
  • From the earliest rocking of my cradle
  • Do you know any folktales?
  • Godmother and Big Sweet : 1927-31
  • "Mule bone"
  • The will to adorn
  • Plough up some literary
  • Crayon enlargements of life
  • Voodoo gods and biblical men
  • Ambiguities of self, politics of race
  • The pots in sorrow's kitchen
  • Appendix: A checklist of writings by Zora Neale Hurston
Isbn
9780252006524
Instance
Label
Zora Neale Hurston : a literary biography
Title
Zora Neale Hurston
Title remainder
a literary biography
Statement of responsibility
Robert E. Hemenway ; with a foreword by Alice Walker
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Reconstructs the events, relationships, and achievements that marked the life of the black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, assessing her important works and commitment to the black folk tradition
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1941-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hemenway, Robert E.
Dewey number
92
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • Novelists, American
  • Women and literature
  • Authors, American
  • Folklorists
  • African American authors
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • African American authors
  • Authors, American
  • Folklorists
  • Novelists, American
  • Women and literature
  • Southern States
  • United States
Label
Zora Neale Hurston : a literary biography, Robert E. Hemenway ; with a foreword by Alice Walker
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Jump at the sun : 1901-25 -- Harlem city -- From the earliest rocking of my cradle -- Do you know any folktales? -- Godmother and Big Sweet : 1927-31 -- "Mule bone" -- The will to adorn -- Plough up some literary -- Crayon enlargements of life -- Voodoo gods and biblical men -- Ambiguities of self, politics of race -- The pots in sorrow's kitchen -- Appendix: A checklist of writings by Zora Neale Hurston
Control code
ocm03072731
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxvi, 371 pages, [5] leaves of plates
Isbn
9780252006524
Lccn
77009605
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)3072731
Label
Zora Neale Hurston : a literary biography, Robert E. Hemenway ; with a foreword by Alice Walker
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Jump at the sun : 1901-25 -- Harlem city -- From the earliest rocking of my cradle -- Do you know any folktales? -- Godmother and Big Sweet : 1927-31 -- "Mule bone" -- The will to adorn -- Plough up some literary -- Crayon enlargements of life -- Voodoo gods and biblical men -- Ambiguities of self, politics of race -- The pots in sorrow's kitchen -- Appendix: A checklist of writings by Zora Neale Hurston
Control code
ocm03072731
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxvi, 371 pages, [5] leaves of plates
Isbn
9780252006524
Lccn
77009605
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)3072731

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