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Sweat : Written by Zora Neale Hurston by Zora Neale Hurston (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRutgers University Press

ISBN-100813523168

ISBN-139780813523163

eBay Product ID (ePID)286909

Product Key Features

Book TitleSweat : Written by Zora Neale Hurston

Number of Pages246 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicAfrican American / Contemporary Women, American / African American, Women Authors

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections

AuthorZora Neale Hurston

Book SeriesWomen Writers: Texts and Contexts Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-031071

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromEleventh Grade

Dewey Decimal813/.52

Table Of ContentIntroduction Chronology "Sweat" Background to the Story Research Characteristics of Negro Expressions Negotiating Respect: Patterns of Presentation among Black Women A Selection of Blues and Spirituals Genesis 1-3 Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text The Gilded Six-Bits Critical Essays From Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography Breaking out of the Conventions of Dialect The Artist in the Kitchen: The Economies of Creativity in Hurston's "Sweat" From Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston's Cosmic Comedy "I Love the Way Janie Crawford Left her Husbands": Zora Neale Hurston's Emergent Female Hero Looking for Zara Selected Bibliography Permissions

SynopsisNow frequently anthologized, Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" was first published in Firell, a legendary literary magazine of the Harlem Renaissance, whose sole issue appeared in November 1926. Among contributions by Gwendolyn Bennett, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Wallace Thurman, "Sweat" stood out both for its artistic accomplishment and its exploration of rural Southern black life. In "Sweat" Hurston claimed the voice that animates her mature fiction, notably the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God ; the themes of marital conflict and the development of spiritual consciousness were introduced as well. "Sweat" exemplifies Hurston's lifelong concern with women's relation to language and the literary possibilities of black vernacular., Now frequently anthologized, Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" was first published in Firell, a legendary literary magazine of the Harlem Renaissance, whose sole issue appeared in November 1926. Among contributions by Gwendolyn Bennett, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Wallace Thurman, "Sweat" stood out both for its artistic accomplishment and its exploration of rural Southern black life. In "Sweat" Hurston claimed the voice that animates her mature fiction, notably the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God ; the themes of marital conflict and the development of spiritual consciousness were introduced as well. "Sweat" exemplifies Hurston's lifelong concern with women's relation to language and the literary possibilities of black vernacular. This casebook for the story includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of the author's life, the authoritative text of "Sweat," and a second story, "The Gilded Six-Bits." Published in 1932, this second story was written after Hurston had spent years conducting fieldwork in the Southern United States. The volume also includes Hurston's groundbreaking 1934 essay, "Characteristics of Negro Expression," and excerpts from her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road . An article by folklorist Roger Abrahams provides additional cultural contexts for the story, as do selected blues and spirituals. Critical commentary comes from Alice Walker, who led the recovery of Hurston's work in the 1970s, Robert Hemenway, Henry Louis Gates, Gayl Jones, John Lowe, Kathryn Seidel, and Mary Helen Washington.

LC Classification NumberPS3515