Zora Neale Hurston

Sweat (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Delia Jones endures the relentless cruelty of her husband, Sykes, in a small Florida town. As a hardworking washwoman, she finds solace in her routine and the church, despite Sykes's abusive behavior and infidelity. When Sykes brings a deadly rattlesnake into their home to terrorize her further, Delia's fear transforms into a cold, determined rage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alien Ebooks
• Seitenzahl: 20
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781667604107
• Artikelnr.: 71233953

Autorenporträt

Wall, Cheryl A

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chronology
"Sweat"
Background to the Story
    Research
    Characteristics of Negro Expressions
    Negotiating Respect: Patterns of Presentation among Black Women
    A Selection of Blues and Spirituals
    Genesis 1-3
    Zora Neale Hurston and the Speakerly Text
    The Gilded Six-Bits
Critical Essays
    From Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography
    Breaking out of the Conventions of Dialect
    The Artist in the Kitchen: The Economies of Creativity in Hurston's
"Sweat"
    From Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston's Cosmic Comedy
    "I Love the Way Janie Crawford Left her Husbands": Zora Neale Hurston's
Emergent Female Hero
    Looking for Zara
    Selected Bibliography
    Permissions