Literature

The Pursuit of Liberty in Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison

ABSTRACT

The conference examined the moral, social, and political foundations for liberty among Black Americans through reading fiction, essays, and autobiographies written by Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage International, 1995.

Ellison, Ralph. Flying Home. New York: Random House, 1996.

Ellison, Ralph. The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison. Edited by John F. Callahan. New York: Modern Library, 2003.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings. New York: The Library of America, 1995.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Harper Collins, 1937/2006.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Zora Neale Hurston: Novels and Stories. Edited by Cheryl A. Wall. New York: The Library of America, 1995.