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Their eyes were watching God : a novel

Summary: Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930's, journeys from being a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance.

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ISBN: 0060916508
ISBN: 9780060916503
Physical Description: print
xiv, 207 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Perennial Library edition.
Publisher: New York : Perennial Library, 1990.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200).

Formatted Contents Note:

Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Janie -- Tea Cake -- Jody Starks -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- Language: Speech and Silence -- Power and Conquest as Means to Fulfillment -- Love and Relationships Versus Independence -- Community -- Race and Racism -- The Folklore Quality of Religion -- Hair -- The Pear Tree and the Horizon -- The Hurricane -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.

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