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Title:
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.
Author:
Hurston, Zora Neale.

Kaplan, Carla.

Wideman, John Edgar.
Publication Information:
New York : Perennial, 2002.
Call Number:
GR111 .A47 H83 2002
Abstract:
"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.
Edition:
1st Perennial ed.
ISBN:
9780060934545
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 279 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Originally published in hardcover: New York : HarperCollins, 2001.
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."
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