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Zora in Florida, Paperback / softback Book

Zora in Florida Paperback / softback

Edited by Steve Glassman, Kathryn Lee Seidel

Paperback / softback

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"By linking Hurston's work to her Florida experiences, the authors explicate her love of black culture and her attitude toward the lot of women in a man's world.

An important contribution to the Hurston revival."--BooklistFollowing years of neglect, Zora Neale Hurston's status in American letters is restored: she is now recognized as one of the foremost African-American writers of the twentieth century--an artist of the Harlem Renaissance and a native Florida writer.

Zora in Florida focuses on the place that nurtured and inspired her work, the frontier wilderness of central Florida and the all-black town of Eatonville. Two chapters are devoted to her first novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, set almost entirely in Florida.

Others discuss her work for the WPA in Florida; Tracks on the Road, her autobiography; and Mules and Men, her collection of Florida folklore gathered under the direction of anthropologist Franz Boas.

The book also treats Hurston's lesser-known works such as the play Color Struck and Tell My Horse, her first-person account of fieldwork in Haiti.

The legal troubles, professional eclipse, and personal opprobrium Hurston endured late in life are discussed in the final chapter.

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