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Every tongue got to confess : Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; edited and with an introduction by Carla Kaplan.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hurston, Zora Neale.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Southern States--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Folklore.
- Gullahs--Folklore.
- Gullahs.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 279 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Perennial edition.
- Other Title:
- Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states
- Negro folktales from the Gulf states
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Perennial, 2002.
- Summary:
- "Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African-American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920's. The bittersweet and often hilarious tales - which range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, white folk, and mistaken identity to witty one-liners - reveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates African American life in the rural South and represents a major part of Zora Neale Hurston's literary legacy." --From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by John Edgar Wideman
- Introduction / by Carla Kaplan
- A note to the reader
- Negro folk-tales from the Gulf States
- God tales
- Preacher tales
- Devil tales
- Witch and hant tales
- Heaven tales
- John and Massa tales
- Tall tales
- Neatest trick tales
- Mistaken identity tales
- Fool tales
- Woman tales
- School tales
- Miscellaneous tales
- Talking animal tales
- Animal tales
- "Stories Kossula told me."
- Notes:
- Originally published in hardcover: New York : HarperCollins, 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0060934549
- 9780060934545
- OCLC:
- 50817894
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