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Every tongue got to confess : Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states / Zora Neale Hurston ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; edited and with an introduction by Carla Kaplan.

by Hurston, Zora Neale.

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New York : Perennial, 2002.

African Americans -- Southern States -- Folklore.

African Americans -- Folklore.

Gullahs -- Folklore.

9780060934545 (paperback)

0060934549 (paperback)

xxxiv, 279 pages ; 21 cm

First Perennial edition.

Foreword / by John Edgar Wideman -- Introduction / by Carla Kaplan -- A note to the reader -- Negro folk-tales from the Gulf States -- God tales -- Preacher tales -- Devil tales -- Witch and hant tales -- Heaven tales -- John and Massa tales -- Tall tales -- Neatest trick tales -- Mistaken identity tales -- Fool tales -- Woman tales -- School tales -- Miscellaneous tales -- Talking animal tales -- Animal tales -- "Stories Kossula told me."

"Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African-American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920's. The bittersweet and often hilarious tales - which range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, white folk, and mistaken identity to witty one-liners - reveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates African American life in the rural South and represents a major part of Zora Neale Hurston's literary legacy."--Publisher description.

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