Title: Zora Neale Hurston - Quotes, Books & Sweat - Biography
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Zora Neale Hurston
Who Was Zora Neale Hurston?
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'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
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Content: Hurston also drew attention for her autobiographical essay "How It Feels to be Colored Me" (1928), in which she recounted her childhood and the jolt of moving to an all-white area. Additionally, Hurston contributed articles to magazines, including the Journal of American Folklore. 'Jonah's Gourd Vine' and Other Books
Hurston published her first novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, in 1934. Like her other famed works, this one told the tale of the African American experience, only through a man, flawed pastor John Buddy Pearson. Having returned to Florida to collect African American folk tales in the late 1920s, Hurston went on to publish a collection of these stories, titled Mules and Men (1935). 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
Upon receiving a Guggenheim fellowship, Hurston traveled to Haiti and wrote what would become her most famous work: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). The novel tells the story of Janie Mae Crawford, who learns the value of self-reliance through multiple marriages and tragedy. Although highly acclaimed today, the book drew its share of criticism at the time, particularly from leading men in African American literary circles. Author Richard Wright, for one, decried Hurston's style as a "minstrel technique" designed to appeal to white audiences.