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First published in 1923, Jean Toomer's Cane is an innovative literary work powerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomer's impressionistic, sometimes surrealistic sketches of Southern rural and urban life are permeated by visions of smoke, sugarcane, dusk, and fire; the northern world is pictured as a harsher reality of asphalt streets. This iconic work of American literature is a classic of both American modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, and challenges the idea of race as a scientific or biological concept.

Born: December 26, 1894 USA, Washington, D.C. Author, Poet, Playwright Popular poems by Jean Toomer A Poem From Transatlantic Banking Coal Storm Ending Seventh Street Portrait In Georgia For M.W. Georgia Dusk Harvest Song Song Of The Son Tell Me Jean Toomer death: March 30, 1967; USA, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Jean Toomer's Cane (1923) is regarded by many as a seminal work in the history of African American writing. It is generally called a novel, but it could more accurately be described as a collection of short stories, poems and dramatic pieces whose stylistic indeterminacy is part of its unique appeal. The ambiguities and seeming oddities of Toomer's text make Cane a difficult work to understand, which is why this lucid, accessible guide is so valuable. Exploring some of the difficulties that both the writer and his work embody, Gerry Carlin offers an enthralling account of Toomer's eloquent and exquisite expression of the African American experience. The Author Dr Gerry Carlin is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wolverhampton. He teaches, researches and has published in the areas of modernism, critical theory, and the literature and culture of the 1960s.

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Book Synopsis Not that he was immensely well known in his lifetime-a somewhat (though not completely) isolated writer, he seems to have had no contact with the more significant and/or prominent modernist figures of the day, such as e e cummings, Marsden Hartley, Hart Crane, Waldo Frank, Jean Toomer or Kenneth Burke. Review Quotes How wrong can someone be? But perhaps now is the time... Isadore Lhevinne (1896-1935) is an enigmatic figure-a brilliant Jewish American modernist writer of the 1920s/30s who is so largely unknown that when I canvassed my fellow writers, none of them knew his work or even his name. Not that he was immensely well known in his lifetime-a somewhat (though not completely) isolated writer, he seems to have had no contact with the more significant and/or prominent modernist figures of the day, such as e e cummings, Marsden Hartley, Hart Crane, Waldo Frank, Jean Toomer or Kenneth Burke. Also, until recently, biographical information was extremely scarce, and there are still gaps in our knowledge of his life. For someone with such extraordinary talent, he's slipped into totally undeserved semi-oblivion. David Miller

'Cane' is a novel and possibly the best-known work by Jean Toomer. The novel is built up in a series of vignettes that deal with the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignettes picture the South in sketches, short stories and poems by. A book whose tap roots run deep in the Southern soil, and whose music sways our emotions as only primitive desires can.

A Study Guide for Jean Toomer's \"Reapers,\" excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .29 Inches (D)Weight: .31 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 122Series Title: Black NarrativesGenre: Fiction + Literature GenresSub-Genre: ClassicsPublisher: Mint EditionsFormat: PaperbackAuthor: Jean ToomerLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: January 26, 2021TCIN: 83211273UPC: 9781513271057Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-6209Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

A classic of American literature from beloved author, Jean Toomer.

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Pour O pour that parting soul in song,

Cane by Jean Toomer. Paperback, 1969. Notes.

Full moon rising on the waters of my heart, Lakes and moon and fires, Cloine tires,Holding her lips apart. Promises of slumber leaving shore to charm the moon, Miracle made vesper-keeps, Cloine sleeps, And I’ll be sleeping soon. Cloine, curled like the sleepy waters where the moon-waves start, Radiant, resplendently she gleams, Cloine dreams, Lips pressed against my heart.

Jean Toomer achieved instant recognition as a critic and thinker in 1923 with the publication of his novel Cane, a harsh, eloquent vision of black American hardship and suffering. But because of his reclusive, introspective nature, Toomer's fame waned in later years, and today his other contributions to American thought and literature are all but forgotten. Now, this collection of unpublished writings restores a crucial dimension to our understanding of this important African American author. Thematically arranging letters, sketches, poems, autobiography, short stories, a play, and a children's story, Frederik Rusch offers insight into Toomer's mind and spirituality, his feelings on racial identity in America, and his attitudes toward and ideas about Cane. Rusch highlights Toomer's reflections on America, its people, landscape, and politics, reveals his significance for the problems and issues of today, and helps us understand Toomer not only as writer, but also as social critic, prophet, mystic, and idealist. Exploring Toomer's attempts to find self-realization and transcend social and cultural definitions of race, this book offers a unique view of the United States through the life of one of its most significant and fascinating intellectuals.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.02 Inches (H) x 5.92 Inches (W) x .47 Inches (D)Weight: .52 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 148Genre: PoetrySub-Genre: AmericanPublisher: University of North Carolina PressTheme: GeneralFormat: PaperbackAuthor: Robert B Jones & Margot Toomer LatimerLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: March 31, 1988TCIN: 88971476UPC: 9780807842096Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-3115Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

CANE by Jean Toomer edited by Darwin T. Turner A Norton Critical Edition Copyright 1988 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York paperback Excellent condition- no marks throughout; very tight binding/ spine; crisp white pages; no creasing or scuffs Cane is a 1923 novel by noted Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer. The novel is structured as a series of vignettes revolving around the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignettes alternate in structure between narrative prose, poetry, and play-like passages of dialogue. Measures approximately 8.25 x 5"