Contents From the Publisher, Leslie Mackenzie vii About This Volume, Robert C. Evans ix Finding Zora, M. Genevieve West xiii Biography of Zora Neale Hurston, Robert C. Evans xxvii
Critical Contexts George S. Schuyler and Zora Neale Hurston: Two Unusual Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Sarah M. Iler 3 George S. Schuyler and Zora Neale Hurston: An Overview of Their Relations, Similarities, and Comments on Each Other, Robert C. Evans 21 The Critical Reception of Their Eyes Were Watching God: An Overview of Recent Commentary, Joyce Ahn 43 From Jody’s Point of View, Trudier Harris 65
Critical Readings A Second Eatonville Anthology: Original Documents Concerning Hurston’s Hometown, Joe Clark, Russell C. Calhoun, et al. 81 “The Negro in American Fiction” (1921) and Comments on Zora Neale Hurston (1937), Benjamin Brawley 121 Hurston’s Developing Reputation from the 1920s to the 1950s: New Information, Robert C. Evans , 135 Early Reviews of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: New Findings, Robert C. Evans 203 The Oprah Winfrey Film of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Jordan Bailey 229 Bonnie Rattner’s Dramatic Adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Jordan Bailey 249 Critical Responses to the Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun Documentary Film, Kelly Snyder 268 Upended by Hurston’s Chutzpah, Carla Kaplan 281
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