In this episode I chat about what makes this classic novel so brilliant, debrief you on the context surrounding Hurston's work, and consider whether there is truly a love story at the book's heart - all the while avoiding the minefield of spoilers in my discussion of the way the story ends! 

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 Information about the public reaction to the novel: 

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aml15.ela.lit.pubreact/public-reaction-to-their-eyes-were-watching-god/ 

 https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/02/24/zora-neale-hurston-literary-hero-fame-florida/4566091002/ 

 https://world.edu/banned-books-awareness-their-eyes-were-watching-god/ 

 G. Wilson Knight, The Wheel of Fire, The Othello Music: 

 https://archive.org/details/wheeloffire001890mbp/page/n123/mode/2up 

 Frantic Assembly: 

 https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/resources/othello-resource-pack 

 Jennifer Jordan, Feminist Fantasies: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God 

 https://www.jstor.org/stable/464063?seq=1 

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