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Every tongue got to confess : Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states

Title
Every tongue got to confess : Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; edited and with an introduction by Carla Kaplan.
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Publication
  • New York : HarperCollins, [2001]
  • ©2001
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Additional Authors
  • Kaplan, Carla
  • Wideman, John Edgar
  • Kaplan, Carla.
Description
xxxiv, 279 pages; 25 cm
Summary
In this book Zora Neale Hurston records the voices of ordinary people and pays tribute to the richness of Black vernacular--its crisp self-awareness, singular wit, and improvisational wordplay. These folk-tales reflect the joys and sorrows of the African-American experience, celebrate the redemptive power of storytelling, and showcase the continuous presence in America of the Africanized language that flourishes to this day.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Folklore.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / by John Edgar Wideman -- Introduction / by Carla Kaplan -- A note to the reader -- Negro folk-tales from the Gulf States -- [ch.] 1. God tales -- [ch.] 2 . Preacher tales -- [ch.] 3. Devil tales -- [ch.] 4. Witch and hant tales -- [ch.] 5. Heaven tales -- [ch.] 6. John and Massa tales -- [ch.] 7. Tall tales -- [ch.] 8. Neatest trick tales -- [ch.] 9. Mistaken identity tales -- [ch.] 10. Fool tales -- [ch.] 11. Woman tales -- [ch.] 12. School tales -- [ch.] 13. Miscellaneous tales -- [ch.] 14. Talking animal tales -- [ch.] 15. Animal tales -- Appendix 1. -- Appendix 2. -- Appendix 3. "Stories Kossula told me."
Call Number
Sc E 02-137
ISBN
  • 0060188936
  • 9780060188931
LCCN
2001024521
OCLC
46683857
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Title
Every tongue got to confess : Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; edited and with an introduction by Carla Kaplan.
Publisher
New York : HarperCollins, [2001]
Copyright Date
©2001
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
African Americans
Americans
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Kaplan, Carla, editor, writer of introduction.
Wideman, John Edgar, writer of foreword.
Kaplan, Carla.
Research Call Number
Sc E 02-137
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