Every Tongue Got to Confess

Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States

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A recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith..."splendidly vivid and true."--New York Times Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s. The bittersweet and often hilarious taleswhich range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, White Folk, and Mistaken Identity to witty one-linersreveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates the African American life in the rural South and represent a major part of Zora Neale Hurstons literary legacy.
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Hurston, Zora Neale
Titel
Every Tongue Got to Confess
Uitgever
Harper Perennial
Jaar
2002
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
320
Gewicht
227 gr
EAN
9780060934545
Afmetingen
210 x 127 x 25 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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