Fiction1934

Jonah's Gourd Vine

Zora Neale Hurston
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Harlem Renaissance

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Story of John Pearson, a Baptist preacher whose gifts are undermined by his weakness for women, inspired by Hurston's father.

Literary Significance

Hurston's first novel; rich in Black Southern vernacular

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