Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit

While most biographies of Hurston take a standard approach to revealing the facts and details of her life, this is the first to look at the role spirituality played in her life and letters. Throughout her fiction, nonfiction, political and social activity, Hurston's spirit shines through, animating all areas of her life. To ignore it is to paint an incomplete picture of a life that carries on through the works she left behind. Plant shows here that Hurston's spirituality helped her to endure the challenges in her life, including chronic ill health, personal and professional setbacks, financial difficulties, and other obstacles that might have crushed a less resilient soul. In revealing this often overlooked area of Hurston's life, Plant offers a more complete biography of this eminent woman of letters.

Author: Deborah G. Plant
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 01/16/2011
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.87w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9781442206120
ISBN10: 1442206128
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures

About the Author
Deborah G. Plant is associate professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She is author of Every Tub Must Sit on its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston.