Seraph on the Suwanee

Seraph on the Suwanee is a 1948 novel by African American novelist Zora Neale Hurston.[1] The novel is her last published novel, and was written after her publisher rejected two novels about black characters.[1]

The novel is Hurston's only novel about white characters, exploring "white crackers" in Florida, attempting to create a "true picture of the South".[1] The novel follows the experiences of a young woman as she has a fraught relationship with her husband and family.[2]

The novel has never been well received by African American critics and scholars, often treating the novel as a "contrivance in Hurston's canon".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Plot Summaries". Zora Neale Hurston Archive. Center for Humanities and Digital Research, University of Central Florida.
  2. ↑ "SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE by Zora Neale Hurston". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. ↑ Tate, Claudia (1997-01-01). "Hitting "A Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick": "Seraph on the Suwanee", Zora Neale Hurston's Whiteface Novel". Discourse. 19 (2): 72–87. JSTOR 41389445.

Further reading

  • Clair, Janet St (1989-03-01). "The Courageous Undertow of Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on The Suwanee". Modern Language Quarterly. 50 (1): 38–57. doi:10.1215/00267929-50-1-38. ISSN 0026-7929.
  • Ward-Ellis, Jervette RaShaun (2011-01-01). "She dared to challenge tradition:". THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS.
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