Their Eyes Were Watching God (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Folklore, Novel
- Subjects: African Americans, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Religion, Christianity, Florida, Migrant labor, Floods, Rabies
- Locales: Eatonville, FL
Janie Crawford, the main character of Hurston's most important novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is the granddaughter of a slave woman, Nanny, who was raped by her owner, and the daughter of a woman who was raped by her schoolteacher. It is against the heritage of this racial and sexual violence that Janie tries to find a personally fulfilling life. The novel begins with Janie returning to Eatonville after the death of her third husband, Tea Cake Woods. Janie sits with her old friend, Pheoby, to tell her story, and the bulk of the novel, although narrated in the third-person...
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