Written in seven weeks, it contains few changes from its published version.Īnd eighty years later, the book still elicits intense reactions: In the years after its publication, Their Eyes was criticized for portraying women in control of their sexuality. Valerie Boyd, author of Wrapped In Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, says the original manuscript appeared to flow from Zora. The original manuscript of Their Eyes is housed at Yale University. Their Eyes was released 10 years after The Okeechobee Hurricane, also known as S an Felipe Segundo Hurricane, which serves as the setting of the novel. Their Eyes Were Watching God was released in 1937 after Hurston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study Obeah religious practices in Jamaica and Haiti. The HBCU and Ivy League trained anthropologist collected stories, wrote stories, and shared stories of truth. Zora Neale Hurston was intentional in the stories she documented and left behind.
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