The Harlem Renaissance initiated a cultural awakening or blossoming of music, art, and literature among the African American community. According to the Encarta Encyclopedia 2003, Zora Neale Hurston, "The American writer and folklorist, who's anthropological study of her racial heritage, at a time when black culture was not a popular field of study, had a great impact and influence on the Harlem Renaissance writers." (138) As a fiction writer, Hurston is noted for her metaphorical language, her story-telling abilities, and her interest in and celebration of the Southern black culture in…
