Lowe has written what may well be the Hurston book for the years to come.'' -- Werner Sollors, Harvard University''Lowe's study . . . smartly begins with the assumption that one reason for the stunning popularity of Hurston's work is the verve with which it addresses serious subjects in a comic style.'' -- Cheryl A. Wall, editor of Changing Our Own Words: Essays on Criticism, Theory, and Writing by Black Women''Appreciative of Hurston's 'bodacious' humor, Lowe argues that she is 'a profoundly serious, experimental, subversive, and therefore unsettling artist.' . . . Strongly recommended.'' -- Choice''A trailblazing effort, a work that will enrich our understanding of Hurston's fiction.'' -- William R. Nash, The Southern Literary Journal''The most important booklength contribution to Hurston scholarship since Robert Hemenway published his biography in 1978.'' -- Will Brantley, Contemporary Literature
