The power of the porch : the storyteller's craft in Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor, and Randall Kenan /

In ways that are highly individual, says Harris, yet still within a shared oral tradition, Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor, and Randall Kenan skillfully use storytelling techniques to define their audiences, reach out and draw them in, and fill them with anticipation

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harris, Trudier
Corporate Author:	Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1996], ©1996 Athens : The University of Georgia Press, c1996 Athens : ©1996 Athens : 1996 Athens : [1996]
Series:	Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 39 Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures no. 39 Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 39 Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 39 Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures no. 39
Subjects:	Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation Kenan, Randall > Criticism and interpretation Naylor, Gloria > Criticism and interpretation Hurston, Zora Neale Kenan, Randall Naylor, Gloria 1900-1999 20th century African American oral tradition > Southern States African Americans in literature African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century African Americans > Southern States > Folklore American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism American fiction > Southern States > History and criticism Folk-lore and literature > Southern States Literature and folklore > Southern States Literature and folklore > Southern States > History > 20th century Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 20th century Narration (Rhetoric) Oral tradition > Southern States Storytelling in literature Black or African American > folklore CHR 1996 PRO Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy) African American oral tradition African Americans African Americans > Intellectual life American fiction American fiction > African American authors Criticism and interpretation History Literature and folklore Literature Oral tradition Southern States > In literature Southern States Criticism, interpretation, etc Folklore

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