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Conjured into being: Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God.
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- Date Issued:
- 1990
- Abstract/Description:
- This thesis discusses signifying (a slang term for many kinds of verbal play among American blacks) and conjuring (the woman's language) and Hurston's creation of a poetic language to take an oral tradition and transcribe it into her literary text: Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Title: | Conjured into being: Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God. |
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Name(s): |
Hooks, Rita Daly. PALMM (Project) |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Bibliography | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1990 | |
Physical Form: | electronic resource | |
Extent: | v, 41 leaves ; 29 cm. | |
Language(s): | eng | |
Abstract/Description: | This thesis discusses signifying (a slang term for many kinds of verbal play among American blacks) and conjuring (the woman's language) and Hurston's creation of a poetic language to take an oral tradition and transcribe it into her literary text: Their Eyes Were Watching God. | |
Table of Contents: | Abstract -- Introduction -- Free indirect discourse -- Signifying -- Conjuring -- Signifying/conjuring -- Conclusion -- Literature cited. | |
Target Audience: | College students and adults | |
Target Audience: | adult | |
Identifier: | AAA1070QF00005/08/200003/06/200818155BfamIa D0QF (FCLAZ), FHP C SF 2000-05-08 (DNX), FCLA url 20000522 (snx), SF00000012 (IID), 2453786 (digitool), usf:13536 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
by Rita Daly Hooks. Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 1990. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-41). Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2000. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of South Florida from a thesis held in the Main Library at the University of South Florida, Tampa. |
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Subject(s): |
Hurston, Zora Neale African Americans Folklore Literature Depression and the New Deal Years in Florida, 1930-1941 Contemporary Florida, 1960- |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/SF00000012.pdf | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/SF00000012.jpg | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | USF | |
Other Format: |
(OCoLC)25753793 |
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Is Part of Series: | Florida heritage collection. |