Sweat: Written by Zora Neale Hurston

by Cheryl A. Wall

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813523168
• ISBN13: 9780813523163
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

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