Zora Neale Hurston : Bibliography

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Hurston bibliography page. This bibliography includes works by and about Hurston, including various editions of her works. This bibliography is not represented as a complete listing. You may want to look at other sources. For more complete citations, check LEO. Carrier Library Catalog, Averett College OPAC, Old Dominion Library Catalog, or VIRGO. University of Virginia. Check your library catalogs, contact your local book dealers or Amazon Book Company for current availability information.


[Fiction] [Non-fiction] [Autobiography/Biography] [Biography-Juvenile] [Large Print Books] [Study Guides] [Non-print Media] [Criticism and Interpretation] [Librettos] [Plays] [Bibliography/Discography] [Congresses

Fiction by Zora Neale Hurston

Includes collections of her works.

The Complete Stories. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. (Held by University of Virginia)

The Gilded Six-Bits: Love Is Fragile. Illustrated by Etienne Delessert. Minneapolis, Minn.: Redpath Press, 1986. (Held by University of Virginia)

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing...And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader. Old Westbury, NY: The Feminist Press, c1979. (Held by University of Virginia).

Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1934; San Bernadino, CA: Borgo Press, 1992, c1990. (Held by University of Virginia)

Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel. paperback. Illus. by Henry Lewis Gates. Rei ed. HarperCollins, 1990. [Based loosely on her parents, Hurston tells story of John Buddy Pearson who loves too many women for his own good]

The Man of the Mountain London: J. M. Dent, 1941. (Held by Univesity of Virginia).

Moses, Man of the Mountain. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1939; Illini Books ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1984. (Held by University of Virginia)

Moses, Man of the Mountain. paperback. HarperCollins, 1991. [Blends Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore. Reviewed by 500 Great Books for Women at Amazon Book Compnay.

Novels and Stories. New York: Library of America, 1995. (Held by University of Virginia)

Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel. New York: Charles Scribner, 1948; 1st HarperPerennial ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1991. (Held by University of Virginia).

Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel. paperback. HarperCollins, 1991. [A warm look at life among the white "Florida Crackers"]

Spunk: The Selected Stories. Berkeley, Calif.: Turtle Island Foundation, 1985. (Held by University of Virginia)

Sweat. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997. (Held by University of Virginia).

Their Eyes Were Watching God. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1937; New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978, 1980 printing; Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991; 1st Perennial Library ed. New York: Perennial Library, 1990. (Held by University of Virginia)

Their Eyes Were Watching God. paperback. Rei ed. HarperCollins, 1990. [Hurston traces a black woman's quest for identity through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots.]

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Non-fiction

Complete Essays. HarperCollins, 1997.

Bottle Up and Go: The Illustrated Zora Neale Hurston. Illus. by Joyce Carol Thomas. Edited by Bob Callahan. Shooting Star Press, 1996. [Adaptations of 10 of Hurston's folktales]

Mules and Men. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1935; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978. (Held by University of Virginia)

Mules and Men. paperback. HarperCollins, 1990. [collection of African American tales, songs and sayings]

The Sanctified Church Berkeley, Calif.: Turtle Island, 1983. (Held by University of Virginia)

Tell My Horse. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1938. (Held by University of Virginia); 1st Perennial Library ed. New York: Perennial Library, 1990. (Held by Carrier Library).

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica Illus. by Ishmael Reed. paperback. HarperCollins, 1990. [Hurston's first hand account of the mysteries and horrors of voodoo]

Voodoo Gods: An Inquiry into Native Myths and Magic in Jamaica and Haiti. London: J. M. Dent, 1939. (Held by University of Virginia)

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Autobiography/Biography

Dust Tracks on the Road. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, c1942; 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1984?; 1st HarperPerennial ed. New York: HarperPerrenial, 1991; Rev. ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. (Held by University of Virginia). Hurston's autobiography

Ebony and Topaz: A Collectanea. Edited by Charles S. Spurgeon. New York: Opportunity, National Urban League, c1927. (Held at University of Virginia)

Folklore, Memoirs and Other Writings. Edited by Cheryl A. Wall. New York: Library of America, 1995. (Held by University of Virginia)

Hemenway, Robert E. Zora Neale Hurst: A Literary Biography Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980, c1977. (Held by Averett College)

Nathiri, N. Y. Zora Neale Hurston, a Woman and Her Community. Orlando: Sentinel Communications Co., 1991. Note: Her life in Florida

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Biography - Juvenile

Calvert, Roz. Zora Neale Hurston. New York: Chelsea Juniors, 1993.

Lyons, Mary E. Sorrow's Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston. New York: Scribner's, 1990. (Held by Carrier Library).

McKissack, Pat. Zora Neale Hurston, Writer and Storyteller. Hillside, NJ: Enslow, 1992.

Miller, William. Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree. 1st ed. New York: Lee & Low Books, 1994.

Porter, A. P. Jump at de Sun: The Story of Zora Neale Hurston. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1992. (Held at Old Dominion)

Witcover, Paul. Zora Neale Hurston. New York: Chelsea House, 1991. (Held at Old Dominion).

Yannuzzi, Della A. Zora Neale Hurston: Southern Storyteller. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, 1996.

Yates, Janelle. Zora Neale Hurston: A Storyteller's Life. Staten Isalnd, NY: Ward Hill Press, 1991.

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Large Print Books

Dust Tracks on a Road. Thorndike, ME: G. K. Hall, 1997.

Seraph on the Suwanee. Thorndike, ME: G. K. Hall, 1997.

Their Eyes Were Watching God. Thorndike, ME: G. K. Hall, 1996.

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Study Guides

Hubert, Christopher A. Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" Piscataway, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.

Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" By Harold Bloom. Bloom's Notes Series. Available soon from Amazon Book Company

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Non-print Media

Zora Is My Name. Videorecording. A production of KCET/Los Angeles in Association with Emmalyn II Productions. PBS Series American Playhouse. (Held at University of Virginia)

Their Eyes Were Watching God. 2 sound cassettes. New York: Harper Collins, c1991. (Held by University of Virginia)

Their Eyes Were Watching God. 5 sound cassettes. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 1994. (Held by University of Virginia)

Zora Neale Hurston: Stories. 2 audiocassettes. Reviewed by Midwest Book Review at Amazon Book Company

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Criticism and Interpretation

Note: Most citations are for criticism and interpretation. Where subject differs, a note is appended at the end of the citation.

Alice Walker Reads Zora Neale Hurston. Videocassette. San Francisco: The American Poetry Archives, 1980. (Held by University of Virginia).

Awkward, Michael, ed. New Essays on "Their Eyes Were Watching God". New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. (Held by Carrier Library).

Babcock, Clarence Merton. A Word-list from Zora Neale Hurston University of Alabama Press, 1963. (Held at Old Dominion). Note: Study of dialect

Bloom, Harold. Zora Neale Hurston. New York: Chelsea House, 1986. (Held by University of Virginia).

Carter-Sigglow, Janet. Making Her Way with Thunder: A Reappraisal of Zora Neale Hurston's Narrative Art. New York: P. Lang, 1994. (Held by University of Virginia).

Gates, Henry Lewis and K. S. Appiah, eds. Zora Neale Hurston: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. New York: Amistad: Distributed by Penguin USA, 1993. (Held by University of Virginia Library).

Glassman, Steve and Kathryn Lee Seidel. Zora in Florida. Orlando: University of Central Florida Press, 1991. (Owned by Averett College). Note: Florida Folklore.

Harris, Trudier. The Power of the Porch: The Storyteller's Craft in Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor, and Randall Kenan. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996. (Held by University of Virginia)

Hill, Lynda Marion Hill. Social Rituals and the Verbal Art of Zora Neale. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1996. (Held by University of Virginia).

Holloway, Karla F. C. The Character of the Word: The Texts of Zora Neale Hurston. New York: Greenwood, 1987. (Held by University of Virginia).

Howard, Lillie P. Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston: The Common Bond. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. (Held by University of Virginia).

Howard, Lillie P. Zora Neale Hurston. Boston: Twayne, 1980. (Held by University of Virginia).

Johnson, Yvonne. The Voices of African American Women: The Use of Narrative and Authorial Voice in the Works of Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. New York: P. Lang, 1996.

Kaplan, Carla. The Erotics of Talk: Women's Writing and Feminist Paradigms. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Held by Carrier Library).

Karanja, Ayana I. Zora Neale Hurston: Dialogue in Spirit and Truth. New York: Peter Lang, 1996.

Kawash, Samira. Dislocating the Color Line: Identity, Hybridity and Singularity in African-American Narrative. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. (Held by University of Virginia).

Lowe, John. Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston's Cosmic Comedy. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. (Held by Carrier Library).

Peters, Pearlie Mae Fisher. The Assertive Woman in Zora Neale Hurston's Fiction, Folklore and Drama. New York: Garland, 1997.

Plant, Deborah G. Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995. (Held by Carrier Library). Note: Philosophy.

Puri, Usha. Towards a New Womanhood: A Study of Black Women Writers. Jaipur, India: Rupa Books, 1989. (Held by University of Virginia).

Stein, Rachel. Shifting the Ground: American Women Writers' Revision of Nature, Gender, and Race. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1997. (Held by University of Virginia).

Sundquist, Eric J. The Hammers of Creation: Folk Culture in Modern African-American Fiction. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. (Held by Carrier Library).

Turner, Darwin T. In a Minor Chord: Three Afro-American Writers and Their Search for Identity. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. (Held by Carrier Library).

Wall, Cheryl A. Women of the Harlem Renaissance. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1995. (Held by University of Virginia).

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Librettos

Spunk: Three Tales. Adapted by George C. Wolfe; music by Chic Street Man. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1991. (Held by University of Virginia).

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Plays

Hughes, Langston and Zora Neale Hurston. Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life; Edited with Introductions by George Houston Bass and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and the Complete Story of the Mule Bone Controversy. 1st ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1991. (Held by University of Virginia).

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The Prize Plays and Other One-Acts Published in Periodicals G. K. Hall, 1996. (African American Women Writers, 1910-1940)

Bibliography/Discography

Crawley, Laura K. Zora Neale Hurston: Recordings, Manuscripts, and Ephemera in the Archive of Folk Culture and Other Divisions of the Library of Congress Compiled by Laura K. Crawley and Joseph C. Hickerson. (Held by University of Virginia).

Davis, Rose Parkman. Zora Neale Hurston: An Annotated Bibliography and Reference Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Held by Carrier Library).

Newson, Adele S. Zora Neale Hurston: A Reference Guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1987. (Held by Carrier Library).

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Congresses

Academic Conference of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts. Edited by Alice Morgan Grant. Winter Park, FL: Four-G Publishers, 1991.

Zora Neale Hurston Symposium (1981 Morgan State University). [Baltimore]: Morgan State University Press, 1982.
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