... such as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker and Toni Cade Bambara. Alice Walker claimed that if Their Eyes are Watching God was never published, her award winning novel, The Color Purple, would have never been created. The two novels embody many similar concerns and methods that characterize the black women's literary tradition. If it was not for Walker resurrecting Hurston's literature, it would have never gotten ... time in Jamaica conducting anthropological research after Their Eyes Were Watching God was complete (Biography.com; Zora Neale Hurston). As years passed...

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... in a prejudice society. Chesnutt published 8 books before his death in 1932; he also received a Springarn medal for his works in 1928. By the late 1800's and early 1900's, African American poetry hit the scene again by way of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Dunbar was the first African American to become popular for his writings in both fiction and poetry, and published 14 books from 1983 to ... women's self expression. Hurston died January 28, 1960 in poverty and buried in an unmarked grave that was recently commented upon by Alice Walker in 1973 which has sparked more interest in Hurston's work a...

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