Gender and Ambition: Zora Neale Hurston in the Harlem Renaissance.

Story, Ralph D.

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ERIC Number: EJ406375

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Gender and Ambition: Zora Neale Hurston in the Harlem Renaissance.

Story, Ralph D.

Black Scholar, v20 n3-4 p25-31 Sum-Fall 1989

Discusses various critical interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston's personality and writing beginning in the Harlem Renaissance. Examines literary skirmishes and aesthetic debates between Hurston and Langston Hughes and Richard Wright beginning in the Harlem Renaissance period. Explores Black male and female writers' perspectives during this time. (JS)

Descriptors: Authors, Black Literature, Blacks, Characterization, Females, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Males, Quality of Life, Racial Attitudes, Racial Relations, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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