Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States

By (author): "John Edgar Wideman, Carla Kaplan, Zora Neale Hurston"
Publish Date: November 27th 2001
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States
ISBN0060934549
ISBN139780060934545
AsinEvery Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States
Original titleEvery Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States
Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.The bittersweet and often hilarious tales -- which range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, white folk, and mistaken identity to witty one-liners -- reveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates African American life in the rural South and represents a major part of Zora Neale Hurston's literary legacy.