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The complete stories / Zora Neale Hurston ; introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sieglinde Lemke.

Title
The complete stories / Zora Neale Hurston ; introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sieglinde Lemke.
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale
Publication
New York : HarperPerennial ModernClassics, 2008.

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Book/TextRequest in advance PS3515.U789 A6 2008Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
  • Lemke, Sieglinde
  • Walker, Alice, 1944-
Description
xxiii, 305, 34 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
From the Publisher: This landmark gathering of Zora Neale Hurston's short fiction-most of which appeared only in literary magazines during her lifetime-reveals the evolution of one of the most important African American writers. Spanning her career from 1921 to 1955, these stories attest to Hurston's tremendous range and establish themes that recur in her longer fiction. With rich language and imagery, the stories in this collection not only map Hurston's development and concerns as a writer but also provide an invaluable reflection of the mind and imagination of the author of the acclaimed novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Uniform Title
Short stories
Alternative Title
Short stories
Subject
African Americans > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Short stories
  • Fiction
  • Publishers' advertisements.
Note
  • Reprint with new P.S section. Previously published: New York : HarperCollins, 1995.
  • P.S. section includes: "In search of Zora Neale Hurston" by Alice Walker.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-305).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
John Redding goes to sea -- Drenched in light -- Spunk -- Magnolia flower -- Muttsy -- Possum or Pig? -- The Eatonville anthology -- Sweat -- The gilded six-bits -- Mother Catherine -- Uncle Monday -- The fire and the cloud -- Cock Robin Beale Street -- Story in Harlem slang -- High John De Conquer -- Hurricane -- The conscience of the court -- Escape from Pharaoh -- The tablets of the law -- Black death -- The bone of contention -- Book of Harlem -- Harlem slanguage -- Now you cookin' with gas -- The seventh veil -- The woman in Gaul.
ISBN
  • 9780061350184
  • 0061350184
OCLC
  • 148888901
  • SCSB-11615715
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library