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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21001992 Title: Their eyes were watching God : a novel Author: Zora Neale Hurston Publisher: New York : Perennial Library, 1990. ISBN/ISSN: 0060916508 9780060916503 OCLC:21001992

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Their eyes were watching God : a novel

Author:	Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher:	New York : Perennial Library, 1990.
Series:	Book club kit.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : English : 1st Perennial Library editionView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930's, journeys from being a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance.
Rating:	based on 3 rating(s) 3 with reviews
Subjects	African American women -- Fiction. African American women -- Social conditions -- Fiction. African American women -- Social conditions View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Psychological fiction Fiction Epic fiction Allegories
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Hurston, Zora Neale. Their eyes were watching God. (OCoLC)992584420
Material Type:	Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Zora Neale Hurston Find more information about:
ISBN:	0060916508 9780060916503
OCLC Number:	21001992
Description:	xiv, 207 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:	Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Janie -- Tea Cake -- Jody Starks -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- Language: Speech and Silence -- Power and Conquest as Means to Fulfillment -- Love and Relationships Versus Independence -- Community -- Race and Racism -- The Folklore Quality of Religion -- Hair -- The Pear Tree and the Horizon -- The Hurricane -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.
Series Title:	Book club kit.
Responsibility:	Zora Neale Hurston ; with a new foreword by Mary Helen Washington.
More information:	Contributor biographical information

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Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930's, journeys from being a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance.

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Excellent Book

by sohana (WorldCat user published 2009-05-27) Excellent

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Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the best books I have ever read! I am glad that I had to read this book for my African American Literature class. Later on, while I was analyzing the title I found that the title contradicts with the fact that it contradicts one...
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Good Book!

by morrisohionet (WorldCat user published 2006-10-02) Very Good

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This was a reading group pick that I really enjoyed.

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Dawn and doom were in the branches.

by aleahmarie (WorldCat user published 2010-04-22) Excellent

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'Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom were in the branches.'

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