Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston's Cosmic ComedyUniversity of Illinois Press, 1997 - 373 pagini "Lowe has written what may well be the Hurston book for the years to come." -- Werner Sollors, Harvard University "Lowe's study . . . smartly begins with the assumption that one reason for the stunning popularity of Hurston's work is the verve with which it addresses serious subjects in a comic style." -- Cheryl A. Wall, editor of Changing Our Own Words: Essays on Criticism, Theory, and Writing by Black Women "Appreciative of Hurston's 'bodacious' humor, Lowe argues that she is 'a profoundly serious, experimental, subversive, and therefore unsettling artist.' . . . Strongly recommended." -- Choice "A trailblazing effort, a work that will enrich our understanding of Hurston's fiction." -- William R. Nash, The Southern Literary Journal "The most important booklength contribution to Hurston scholarship since Robert Hemenway published his biography in 1978." -- Will Brantley, Contemporary Literature |
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Cosmic Zora | 1 |
Sunrise | 47 |
Cast in Yo Nets Right Here Finding a Comic Voice | 49 |
Suns Up | 83 |
In the Words of Our Father The Sacred and Sorrowful Humor of Jonahs Gourd Vine | 85 |
Laughin Up a World Their Eyes Were Watching God and the WoMan of Words | 156 |
Signifying on God Moses Man of the Mountain | 205 |
Sunset | 257 |
Cuttin the Cracker for the White Folks Seraph on the Suwanee | 259 |
Works Cited | 341 |
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