... in which she could develop that identity. Other literary output includes such novels as Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934) and Seraph on the Suwanee (1948) short stories, plays, journal articles and an autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road (1942). Hurston's work was not political in nature, but her characters' use of dialect, her manner of portraying black culture and her conservatism created controversy within ... literary community. Her writings, however, were rediscovered in the 1970s by a new generation of black writers, most notably Alice Walker. Many of Hurston's works were republished in 1...

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Love plays a very important role in Hurston's "Their Eyes were watching God". Hurston's best novel describes the life of Janie, a black woman at the turn of the century. Janie is raised ... this steady flow of communication, he and Janie are able to talk out and resolve their problems. In conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie tells Pheoby the whole story. S...

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