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Moses, man of the mountain / Zora Neale Hurston ; with a foreword by Deborah E. McDowell ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale
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Book
Language
English
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First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition.
Published/Created
New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.
©1967
Description
viii, 310, 32 p. : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
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PS3515.U789 M6 2009
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Bible Old Testament
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History of Biblical events
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Fiction
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Moses (Biblical leader)
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Fiction
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
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Biographical fiction
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Religious fiction
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Series
Harper Perennial modern classics
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Summary note
In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture. Show More Show Less.
Notes
Subtitle from cover.
Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more..."--Cover.
Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, 1939.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780061695148 ((paperback))
0061695149 ((paperback))
OCLC
232977258
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Moses, man of the mountain : [a novel] / Zora Neale Hurston ; with a foreword by Deborah E. McDowell ; series editor: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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