Jonah's Gourd Vine

Jonah's Gourd Vine
Author	Zora Neale Hurston
Language	English
Publisher	J.B. Lippincott Company
Publication date	1934
Publication place	United States
ISBN	978-0-349-01222-3

Jonah's Gourd Vine is Zora Neale Hurston's 1934 debut novel.^[1] The novel is a semi-autobiographical novel following John Buddy Pearson and his wife, Lucy. The characters share the same first names as Hurston's parents and make a similar migration from Notasulga, Alabama to Hurston's childhood home, Eatonville, Florida.^[2]

Hurston wrote the novel after publisher Bertram Lippencott read "The Gilded Six-Bits" and demonstrated interest.^[3] After its publication by J. B. Lippencott & Co, the novel received generally favorable reviews.^[4] The novel's title derives from Jonah 4.6–10, using the gourd vine from the passage as a metaphor for the main character of the novel, a philandering preacher.^[5]

The novel displays the experiences of Black life in the post-Reconstruction era.^[6] Hurston explores themes including marital dysfunction, generational trauma, and testimony.^[4]

^ Rogers, Michael (1990-11-01). "Classic Returns". Library Journal. 115 (19): 129. ISSN 0363-0277 – via EBSCO.
^ Hurston, Zora Neale (1984). Dust tracks on a road : an autobiography (2nd ed.). Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01047-7. OCLC 11091136.
^ Jones, Sharon L. (2009). Critical companion to Zora Neale Hurston : a literary reference to her life and work. New York: Facts on File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0-8160-6885-2. OCLC 213223153.
^ ^a ^b Miles, Diana (2003). Women, violence & testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 0-8204-5751-5. OCLC 47844797.
^ Ciuba, Gary (2000-01-01). "The Worm against the Word: The Hermeneutical Challenge in Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine". African American Review. 34 (1): 119–133. doi:10.2307/2901188. JSTOR 2901188.
^ Peters, Pearlie Mae Fisher (1998). The assertive woman in Zora Neale Hurston's fiction, folklore, and drama. New York: Garland Pub. ISBN 0-8153-2888-5. OCLC 37682676.

[1] Rogers, Michael (1990-11-01). "Classic Returns". Library Journal. 115 (19): 129. ISSN 0363-0277 – via EBSCO.

[:3-2] Hurston, Zora Neale (1984). Dust tracks on a road : an autobiography (2nd ed.). Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01047-7. OCLC 11091136.

[:0-3] Jones, Sharon L. (2009). Critical companion to Zora Neale Hurston : a literary reference to her life and work. New York: Facts on File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0-8160-6885-2. OCLC 213223153.

[:1-4] Miles, Diana (2003). Women, violence & testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 0-8204-5751-5. OCLC 47844797.

[5] Ciuba, Gary (2000-01-01). "The Worm against the Word: The Hermeneutical Challenge in Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine". African American Review. 34 (1): 119–133. doi:10.2307/2901188. JSTOR 2901188.

[6] Peters, Pearlie Mae Fisher (1998). The assertive woman in Zora Neale Hurston's fiction, folklore, and drama. New York: Garland Pub. ISBN 0-8153-2888-5. OCLC 37682676.

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