Their Eyes Were Watching God, about a proud and independent black woman, was first published in 1937 and generally dismissed by reviewers. It was out of print for nearly 30 years when the University of Illinois Press reissued it in 1978, at which time it was instantly embraced by the literary establishment as one of the greatest works in the canon of African-American fiction. This novel tells the story of Janie Crawford, a fair-skinned, long-haired, dreamy woman who comes of age expecting better treatment than what she gets from her three husbands and the community. Then she meets Tea Cake, a younger man who captivates Janie's heart and spirit and offers her the chance to relish life without being one man's mule or another man's adornment. Their Eyes Were Watching God created controversy because it refuses to admit black inferiority while simultaneously refusing to depict its characters as victims of a world that thought them inferior.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Florida
NOLADawn said, "Ok, some more Southern Lit here... FL- Their Eyes Were Watching God- by Zora Neal Hurston"
Their Eyes Were Watching God, about a proud and independent black woman, was first published in 1937 and generally dismissed by reviewers. It was out of print for nearly 30 years when the University of Illinois Press reissued it in 1978, at which time it was instantly embraced by the literary establishment as one of the greatest works in the canon of African-American fiction. This novel tells the story of Janie Crawford, a fair-skinned, long-haired, dreamy woman who comes of age expecting better treatment than what she gets from her three husbands and the community. Then she meets Tea Cake, a younger man who captivates Janie's heart and spirit and offers her the chance to relish life without being one man's mule or another man's adornment. Their Eyes Were Watching God created controversy because it refuses to admit black inferiority while simultaneously refusing to depict its characters as victims of a world that thought them inferior.
Their Eyes Were Watching God, about a proud and independent black woman, was first published in 1937 and generally dismissed by reviewers. It was out of print for nearly 30 years when the University of Illinois Press reissued it in 1978, at which time it was instantly embraced by the literary establishment as one of the greatest works in the canon of African-American fiction. This novel tells the story of Janie Crawford, a fair-skinned, long-haired, dreamy woman who comes of age expecting better treatment than what she gets from her three husbands and the community. Then she meets Tea Cake, a younger man who captivates Janie's heart and spirit and offers her the chance to relish life without being one man's mule or another man's adornment. Their Eyes Were Watching God created controversy because it refuses to admit black inferiority while simultaneously refusing to depict its characters as victims of a world that thought them inferior.
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