ISBN10: 0275987515, ISBN13: 9780275987510, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. This new biography takes into account the whole womannot just the prolific author of such great works as Their Eyes Were Watching God , Moses, Man of the Mountain, Jonah's Gourd Vine, Mules and Men, as well as essays, folklore, short stories, and poetrybut the philosopher and the spiritual soul, examining how each is reflected in her career, fiction and nonfiction publications, social and political activity, and, ultimately, her death.When we ask what animated the woman who achieved all that she did, we must necessarily probe further. Not one of the other existing biographies discusses or analyzes Hurston's spirituality in any sustained sense, even though this spirituality played a significant role in her life and works. As author Deborah G. Plant shows, Zora Neale Hurston's ability to achieve and to endure all she did came from the courage of her convictionsa belief in self that was profoundly centered and anchored in spirituality. Zora Neale Hurston is regarded as an integral part of the Harlem Renaissance and an important and influential African American writer. This biography takes into account the whole woman, the writer, the philosopher, and the spiritual soul and examines each as it is reflected in her career, fiction and nonfiction publications, and her death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, ...