Hurston 's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Hurston was born in Notasulga,
Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894.
Hurston was born in Notasulga,
Alabama, and moved to Eatonville, Florida, with her family in 1894.
Robert Hemenway's acclaimed biography, Zora Neale Hurston(1977), continued the renewal of interest in the forgotten literary great.
Once gone, those years were never restored:
From that moment forward, Hurston would always present herself as at least 10 years younger than
she actually was.
Once gone, those years were never restored:
From that moment forward, Hurston would always present herself as at least ten years younger than
she actually was.
Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories,
plays, and essays, her most popular is the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Teaching the novel this July, I felt again what
I felt the October before, only now it was Hurston writing about us even as she wasn't.
Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories,
plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.