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I love myself when I am laughing ... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive : a Zora Neale Hurston reader

Title
I love myself when I am laughing ... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive : a Zora Neale Hurston reader / edited by Alice Walker ; introduction by Mary Helen Washington.
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale
Publication
  • New York, NY : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, the Graduate Center, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Walker, Alice, 1944-
  • Washington, Mary Helen
Description
xviii, 300 pages : portraits; 23 cm
Summary
  • Anthology of essays, folklore and fiction by a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
  • "Originally published in 1979, this reissued classic is a collection of Zora Neale Hurston's finest works, edited by Alice Walker. This anthology was the first to collect the works of Hurston, who was one of the most prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, and includes fiction, folklore, reportage, and personal essays"-- Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Literature.
  • Folk literature.
  • Fiction.
  • Essays.
  • Anthologies.
  • Literary collections.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Note on the fortieth anniversary edition: Zora Neale Hurston : more than we knew / Alice Walker -- Dedication: On refusing to be humbled by second place in a contest you did not design : a tradition by now / Alice Walker -- Introduction: Zora Neale Hurston : a woman half in shadow / Mary Helen Washington -- 1. Autobiography, folklore and reportage. from Dust tracks on a road ; from Mules and men ; from Tell my horse -- 2. Essays and articles. How it feels to be colored me ; The "pet" Negro system ; My most humiliating Jim Crow experience ; Crazy for this democracy ; What white publishers won't print -- 3. Fiction. The Eatonville anthology ; from Jonah's gourd vine ; Sweat ; The gilded six-bits ; from Moses, man of the mountain ; from Their eyes were watching God -- Afterword: Looking for Zora / Alice Walker.
Call Number
Sc E 20-415
ISBN
  • 9781936932733
  • 1936932733
  • 9781936932740 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019046616
OCLC
1091587432
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale, author.
Title
I love myself when I am laughing ... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive : a Zora Neale Hurston reader / edited by Alice Walker ; introduction by Mary Helen Washington.
Publisher
New York, NY : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, the Graduate Center, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
Fortieth anniversary edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
African Americans
Americans
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
COLL. OF PREV. PUBL. ESSAYS, ETC. REPRINT OF 2011 ED. W/ NEW INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY ALICE WALKER.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Walker, Alice, 1944- editor, writer of front matter, writer of afterword.
Washington, Mary Helen, writer of introduction.
Research Call Number
Sc E 20-415
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