Character of the Word The Texts of Zora Neale Hurston

In The Character of the Word: The Texts of Zora Neale Hurston, Karla F.C. Holloway breaks new ground by placing Hurston's life and writings in a context at once literary and political. In a political sense, Hurston envisioned herself as the embodiment of her African heritage and felt that her writing was its message. From a literary perspective, Hurston's work had a tremendous influence on her "daughters": writers such as Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. Writing from the perspective of a black feminist, Holloway defines the milieu in which Hurston came of age and emphasizes the influence of this "community" upon her writing.Holloway, Karla F. is the author of 'Character of the Word The Texts of Zora Neale Hurston' with ISBN 9780313252648 and ISBN 0313252645.