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| The title of the book, a folk saying Hurston often heard as a child from her mother, epitomizes, in Plant's view, the motive force of Hurston's mythic impulse to (re)create her self and her world in the image of her own will and power. While Kren says ``a great deal of scholarly ink has been spilled over what the marginalia means,'' it's believed these drawings may have illustrated medieval parables or folk sayings. The voices come out of times past and present and represent a wide diversity of cultures: ancient Incan and Celtic, Native-American, Sanskrit, Jewish, Hindu, and Maori; there are selections from liturgical works, African-American spirituals, and folk sayings. |
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