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Moses, man of the mountain / Zora Neale Hurston ; with a foreword by Deborah E. McDowell ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Harper Perennial modern classicsPublisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2009Copyright date: ©1967Edition: First Harper Perennial Modern Classics editionDescription: viii, 310, 32 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061695148
  • 0061695149
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture. Show More Show Less.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction HURSTON, ZORA Available 33111010864409
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with . . . profound eloquence and religious fervor." --New York Times



In this novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith.

Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover

Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, 1939.

In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture. Show More Show Less.

Includes bibliographical references.

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