Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States Tapa blanda - 2002

E-Book Extra: Oral Tradition: A Reading Group GuideAn extensive volume of nearly 500 folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith, collected by Zora Neale Hurston on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s. The New York Times calls these bitter and often hilarious tales “splendidly vivid and true”.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 tales -- which range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, white folk, and mistaken identity to witty one-liners -- reveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates African American life in the rural South and represents a major part of Zora Neale Hurston's literary legacy.

Detalles

• Título Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
• Autor Zora Neale Hurston
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición Reprint
• Páginas 320
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Amistad Press, New York
• Fecha de publicación 2002-10-01
• Features Table of Contents
• ISBN 9780060934545 / 0060934549
• Peso 0.52 libras (0.24 kg)
• Dimensiones 8.1 x 5.32 x 0.81 pulgadas (20.57 x 13.51 x 2.06 cm)
• Temas
  • Ethnic Orientation: African American
• Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Southern States, Tales - Southern States
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2001024521
• Dewey Decimal Code 398.208