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The 18 pages that link to Zora Neale Hurston, each with the reason it gives.

• Harlem RenaissanceRelated: Her fiction and folklore research brought Southern Black speech and traditions into the movement.

• African-American literatureRelated: Her use of Black vernacular speech reshaped the possibilities of literary voice.

• HarlemRelated: Hurston’s work connected Harlem’s literary circles with Black life across the American South.

• Langston HughesRelated: Hughes and Hurston collaborated before a dispute over their play Mule Bone.

• Howard UniversityRelated: Hurston studied at Howard before becoming a major literary and anthropological figure.

• Alain LockeRelated: Hurston’s work in the anthology reflected Locke’s interest in folk culture as a source of artistic renewal.

• Alice WalkerRelated: Walker helped renew attention to Hurston’s writing and legacy.

• Women in comedyRelated: Her plays and research drew on Black vernacular humor and performance traditions.

• Southern literatureRelated: Her work preserves Black Southern speech and culture while resisting portrayals of regional life as merely tragic.

• The New NegroRelated: Her fiction and research asserted the richness of Black vernacular culture.

• Black women’s literatureRelated: Her fiction and folklore research shaped representations of Black Southern life.

• DuBose HeywardRelated: She assisted the Heywards with dialect and movement during the stage production of Porgy.

• Henry Louis Gates Jr.Related: Gates helped restore Hurston’s literary reputation and brought her work to wider attention.

• Dorothy WestRelated: Hurston and West belonged to the same Harlem Renaissance literary circle.

• Wallace ThurmanRelated: She contributed to Fire!!, the magazine Thurman helped create.