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Zora Neale Hurston


Modern Critical Views

No. of pages 238

Published: 2008

Great for age 12-18 years

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Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Although her work was long ignored, it is now widely studied and praised. Her most famous novel, ""Their Eyes Were Watching God"", a classic in the African-American canon, depicts a woman's struggle for self-empowerment. Newly updated and featuring supplemental material such as a chronology, a bibliography, and an index, ""Zora Neale Hurston, New Edition"" is a keen critical look at Hurston's work and its influence on contemporary themes, such as race and gender in American society.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Modern Critical Views .

There are 238 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2008 by Chelsea House Publishers .

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University.

 

This book is in the following series:

Modern Critical Views

"A publishing venture almost without precedent both in its scope and in the fact that it is guided by a single critical intelligence."

 

"An excellent and balanced discussion..."

 

"The accounts offer students an opportunity to absorb serious analytical styles."

 

.,."excellent critical guide sets edited by Harold Bloom...recommended picks for audiences of young adults studying literature."

 

"This collection of previously published essays, edited by the distinguished literary scholar Harold Bloom, is an excellent addition to the Wells critical canon."

 

"Harold Bloom adds some fantastic critical literary guides, providing interpretations and issues that should reach a wide audience from adults to young adults at the high school and college levels."