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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays | Zora Neale Hurston
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Though she died penniless and forgotten, Zora Neale Hurston is now recognized as a major figure in African American literature. Best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, she also published numerous short stories and essays, three other novels, and two books on black folklore. Even avid readers of Hurston's prose, however, may be surprised to know that she was also a serious and ambitious playwright throughout her career. Although several of her plays were produced during her lifetime--and some to public acclaim--they have languished in obscurity for years. Even now, most critics and historians gloss over these texts, treating them as supplementary material for understanding her novels. Yet, Hurston's dramatic works stand on their own merits and independently of her fiction. Now, eleven of these forgotten dramatic writings are being published together for the first time in this carefully edited and annotated volume. Filled with lively characters, vibrant images of rural and city life, biblical and folk tales, voodoo, and, most importantly, the blues, readers will discover a "real Negro theater" that embraces all the richness of black life.
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“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” ― Zora Neale Hurston #formal #QuotsyMar20

Texreader Great quote!!! 5y
Come-read-with-me Fantastic quote! 💕 5y
TK-421 @Texreader @Come-read-with-me I thought so too! 😊 5y
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Loved this book— a sad but triumphant story. The beautiful Janie is first married off to an older man for (according to her grandmother) her own protection as a black woman. She runs off with a charismatic climber who puts her on a pedestal and shuts down her enjoyment of life. She then marries Tea Cake, a younger man, and finally finds happiness. There‘s a dark side to her marriage and a tragic climax but at the end she finds her own voice.

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