Dec 22, 2009

Their Eyes Were Watching God | Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Author: Zora Neale Hurston
First Published: 1937
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
Time of Work: Around 1900
Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Folklore
Subjects: African Americans, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Florida, Migrant labor, Floods, Rabies
Locales: Eatonville, FL

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West Florida. Region in which Janie Crawford spends the early years of her life. The initial part of the novel is set in her maternal grandmother’s house and charts Janie’s coming into womanhood. Janie has been raised by her maternal grandmother Nanny who fled slavery with her infant daughter and later migrated to West Florida with her employers, the Washburn family. With the Washburns’ assistance, Nanny purchases her own home so that she can properly raise and protect Janie from derision following the tragic rape and subsequent disappearance of her...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God | Their Eyes Were Watching God

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