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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Book Description
Written in 1937, and praised by white book reviewers for being a "rich and racy love story, if somewhat awkward" and criticized by black critics for not writing fiction in the protest tradition. The most influential black writer of the time, Richard Wright wrote that Hurston's book did for literature what the minstrel shows did for theater, it made white folks laugh at black folks. Throughout the ... More
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PublisherPerennial (HarperCollins)
BindingPaperback (84 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages219
ISBN-10B001V62WAI
Publication Date12/21/1999
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About Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Afterword) : Henry Louis Gates Jr. is credited in young adult books. A published credit of Henry Louis Gates Jr. is Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpr... more
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About Zora Neale Hurston (Author) : Zora Neale Hurston is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Zora Neale Hurston include The Three Witches.
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About Mary Helen Washington (Foreword) : Mary Helen Washington is credited in children's books. A published credit of Mary Helen Washington is Brown Girl, Brownstones (Contemporary Classics by Women).
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