Zora Neale Hurston
eBook - PDF

Zora Neale Hurston

A Biography of the Spirit

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Zora Neale Hurston

A Biography of the Spirit

About this book

This new biography takes into account the whole woman—not just the prolific author of such great works as Their Eyes Were Watching God, Moses, Man of the Mountain, Jonah's Gourd Vine, Mules and Men, as well as essays, folklore, short stories, and poetry—but the philosopher and the spiritual soul, examining how each is reflected in her career, fiction and nonfiction publications, social and political activity, and, ultimately, her death. When we ask what animated the woman who achieved all that she did, we must necessarily probe further. Not one of the other existing biographies discusses or analyzes Hurston's spirituality in any sustained sense, even though this spirituality played a significant role in her life and works. As author Deborah G. Plant shows, Zora Neale Hurston's ability to achieve and to endure all she did came from the courage of her convictions—a belief in self that was profoundly centered and anchored in spirituality.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780275987510
eBook ISBN
9780313051333
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
North American Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Series Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. One: The Essence of Things
  6. Two: The Pathless Path
  7. Three: "A Genius of the South": An American Genius
  8. Four: "Coming Out More Than Conquer": Spirituality, Empowerment, Freedome, and Peace
  9. Five: Who Was Herod and What Made Him Great?
  10. Six: Ancestral Spirit
  11. Conclusion: Sankofa
  12. Notes
  13. Selected Bibliography
  14. Index
  15. About the Author
  16. Photo Essay