Jonah’s Gourd Vine
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Jonah’s Gourd Vine is Zora Neale Hurston’s debut novel, a semi-autobiographical work that explores Black life in the rural American South through the rise and fall of a charismatic preacher.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
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novel ⓘ semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | no major film adaptation as of 2024 ⓘ |
| author | Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of migration from rural South to other regions
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depictions of Black church culture ⓘ scenes of domestic conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mules and Men ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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Bildungsroman ⓘ Southern literature ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
noted for its complex portrayal of a flawed male protagonist
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praised for its authentic depiction of Black Southern life ⓘ recognized as an important early work of African-American fiction ⓘ |
| hasReissue | reprinted by various publishers in late 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Zora Neale Hurston’s early life in Eatonville, Florida ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Buddy Pearson ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive use of Black Southern dialect
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integration of folklore and oral tradition ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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surface form:
Lippincott
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| protagonistOccupation | Baptist preacher ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| setting | rural American South ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
African-American preachers
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post-Emancipation Black experience ⓘ rural communities in the American South ⓘ |
| theme |
Black life in the rural American South
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charisma and leadership ⓘ family and ancestry ⓘ gender roles ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ migration and mobility ⓘ race and racism ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ |
| titleAllusion |
Book of Jonah
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biblical gourd vine metaphor ⓘ |
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