1st Edition
An Analysis of Zora Heale Hurston's Characteristics of Negro Expression
Ways In to the Text
Who was Zora Heale Hurston?
What does Characteristics of Negro Expression Say?
Why does Characteristics of Negro Expression Matter?
Section 1: Influences
Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context
Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem
Module 4: The Author's Contribution
Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas
Module 6: Secondary Ideas
Module 7: Achievement
Module 8: Place in the Author's Work
Section 3: Impact
Module 9: The First Responses
Module 10: The Evolving Debate
Module 11: Impact and Influence Today
Module 12: Where Next?
Glossary of Terms
People Mentioned in the Text
Works Cited
Biography
Dr Mercedes Aguirre holds a PhD in American literature from University College, London. She is currently Curator of North American Published Collections at the British Library.
Dr Ben Lempert holds a PhD in rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley for his research on form and voice in post-war American jazz and poetry. He has held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford and his research interests focus on the idea of "race" as it plays out in poetry, music, and fiction. Dr Lempert currently teaches college courses on literature, film, music, and writing.
