Zora Neale Hurston
This month, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism celebrates the 130th birthday of Zora Neale Hurston. A prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston was a writer and anthropologist, acclaimed for her authorship of Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). She also penned poetry, short stories, plays, collections of folklore, journal articles, journalistic essays, and two ethnographies based on her anthropological fieldwork. Learn more through the selection of free articles below.
Updates to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism - October 2020
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism is updated on a bi annual basis. The latest update adds 10 new articles to Visual Arts and Literature subject areas.
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View the full list of articles included in our October update:
Visual Arts
National Union of Plastic Artists (UNAP) | Alexandra Cubbon
af Klint, Hilma (1862 – 1944) | Julia Carita & Roger Rothman
Literature
Montague, Charles Edward (1867-1928) | Andrew Frayn
De Casseres, Benjamin (1873-1945) | Matthew Stratton
Segalen, Victor (1878-1919) | Christopher Bush
Literature cont.
Claudel, Paul (1868-1955) | Christopher Bush
Die Aktion | Douglas Brent McBride
Fairburn, A.R.D. (Arthur Rex Dugard) (1904 – 1957) | Molly Hall
Hope, Christopher (David) Tully (1944 – ) | Molly Hall
Jacobson, Dan (1929 – 2014) | Molly Hall