Crossing the Creek: The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Women Authors
| Author: | Anna Lillios | ISBN: | 9780813040875 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida | Publication: | January 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anna Lillios |
| ISBN: | 9780813040875 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
| Publication: | January 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Anna Lillios's Crossing the Creek is the first book to examine the productive and complex relationship between these two major figures. Is there truth to the story that Hurston offered to work as Rawlings's maid? Why did Rawlings host a tea for Hurston in St. Augustine? In what ways did each write the friendship into their novels? Using interviews with individuals who knew both women, as well as incisive readings of surviving letters, Lillios examines these questions and many others in this remarkable book.
Anna Lillios's Crossing the Creek is the first book to examine the productive and complex relationship between these two major figures. Is there truth to the story that Hurston offered to work as Rawlings's maid? Why did Rawlings host a tea for Hurston in St. Augustine? In what ways did each write the friendship into their novels? Using interviews with individuals who knew both women, as well as incisive readings of surviving letters, Lillios examines these questions and many others in this remarkable book.
