A Zora Neale Hurston Companion

by Robert W. Croft

Book Overview

Anthropologist and author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) is one of the most significant African American writers of the 20th century. Born in Alabama, she grew up in a small town in Florida, where she developed an interest in African American folklore. In 1925 she moved to New York and became part of the Harlem Renaissance, meeting such figures as Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten. She continued her anthropological research at Barnard under...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307075
• ISBN13: 9780313307072
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.7"