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Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God, edited and with and introduction by Harold Bloom

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79) and index"Works by Zora Neale Hurston": page 76

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non fiction

Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God

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edited and with and introduction by Harold Bloom

Bloom's notes

Materials to help you understand and appreciate Hurston's novel, Their eyes were watching God

User's guide -- Editor's note -- Introduction -- Biography of Zora Neale Hurston -- Thematic and structural analysis -- List of characters -- Critical views -- Minstrel tradition and the novel / Richard Wright ; Role of suffering in the novel / Robert Bone ; Hurston's view of race relations in the novel / Arthur P. Davis ; Life-affirming qualities of the novel / Ann L. Rayson ; Hurston's version of feminism / S. Jay Walker ; Janie's quest for self-discovery / Robert E. Hemenway ; Emotional potency of the novel / Alice Walker ; Symbolism of the opening passage of the novel / Maria Tai Wolff ; Mythology and tea cake / Cyrena N. Pondrom ; Narrative technique in the novel / Karla F.C. Holloway ; Role of Black English in the novel / Klaus Benesch ; Narrative structure of the novel / Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; Hurston's Mules and men and the novel / John F. Callahan ; Autobiographical content of the novel / Nellie McKay ; Hurston's use of the court trial metaphor / Rachel Blau DuPlessis ; Language of the novel / Mary Helen Washington ; Gender roles in the novel / Phillipa Kafka ; Mythology of the Black sermon / Dolan Hubbard ; Janie's guides toward self-awareness / Kimberly Rae Connor ; Freud's concept of humor as aggression in the novel / John Lowe -- Works by Zora Neale Hurston -- Works about Zora Neale Hurston and Their eyes were watching God -- Index of themes and ideas