Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), the most prominent of the Harlem
Renaissance women writers, was unique because her social and
professional connections were not limited to literature but
encompassed theatre, dance, film, anthropology, folklore, music,
politics, high society, academia, and artistic bohemia. Hurston
published four novels, three books of nonfiction, and dozens of
short stories, plays, and essays. In addition, she won a long list
of fellowships and prizes, including a Guggenheim and a Rosenwald.
Yet by the 1950s, Hurston, like most of her Harlem Renaissance
peers, had faded into oblivion. An essay by Alice Walker in the
1970s, however, spurred the revival of Hurston's literary
reputation, and her works, including her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were
Watching God, have enjoyed an enduring popularity. Zora Neale
Hurston: An Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism consists
of reviews of critical interpretations of Hurston's work. In
addition to publication information, each selection is carefully
crafted to capture the author's thesis in a short, pithy,
analytical framework. Also included are original essays by eminent
Hurston scholars that contextualize the bibliographic entries.
Meticulously researched but accessible, these essays focus on gaps
in Hurston criticism and outline new directions for Hurston
scholarship in the twenty-first century. Comprehensive and
up-to-date, this volume contains analytical summaries of the most
important critical writings on Zora Neale Hurston from the 1970s to
the present. In addition, entries from difficult-to-locate sources,
such as small academic presses or international journals, can be
found here. Although intended as a bibliographic resource for
graduate and undergraduate students, this volume is also aimed
toward general readers interested in women's literature, African
American literature, American history, and popular culture. The
book will also appeal to scholars and teachers studying
twentieth-century American literature, as well as those
specializing in anthropology, modernism, and African American
studies, with a special focus on the women of the Harlem
Renaissance.
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