Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God - Wikipedia
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Contents
Plot synopsis
Themes
Gender roles
Masculinity and femininity
Janie Crawford
Logan Killicks
Joe "Jody" Starks
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods
Liberated woman
Liberation from racial history
Liberation from domestic violence
Liberation from sexual norms
Value of women in a relationship
Race
Inspirations and influences
Reception
Initial reception
Rediscovery
Critical analysis
Adaptations for theater, film and radio
Notes
External links

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1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston
For the television film adaptation, see Their Eyes Were Watching God (film). Their Eyes Were Watching God
First edition
Author
Zora Neale Hurston
Country
United States
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott
Publication date
September 18, 1937
OCLC
46429736
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. It is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance, and Hurston's best known work. The novel explores main character Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny". Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received. Since the late 20th century, it has been regarded as influential to both African-American literature and women's literature. TIME included the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923. Contents
1 Plot synopsis
2 Themes
2.1 Gender roles
2.2 Masculinity and femininity
2.2.1 Janie Crawford
2.2.2 Logan Killicks
2.2.3 Joe "Jody" Starks
2.2.4 Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods
2.3 Liberated woman
2.3.1 Liberation from racial history
2.3.2 Liberation from domestic violence
2.3.3 Liberation from sexual norms
2.4 Value of women in a relationship
2.5 Race
3 Inspirations and influences
4 Reception
4.1 Initial reception
4.2 Rediscovery
5 Critical analysis
6 Adaptations for theater, film and radio
7 Notes
8 External links
Plot synopsis
Janie Crawford, an African-American woman in her forties, recounts her life starting with her sexual awakening, which she compares to a blossoming pear tree kissed by bees in spring. Around this time, Janie allows a local boy, Johnny Taylor, to kiss her, which Janie's grandmother, Nanny, witnesses. As a young slave woman, Nanny was raped by her white owner, then gave birth to a mixed-race daughter she named Leafy.