Cane(Reprint) (Penguin Classics) von JeanToomer, Zinzi Clemmons, George B. Hutchinson Paperback, 224 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-14-313367-4, ISBN: 0-14-313367-5
"The Harlem Renaissance writer's innovative and groundbreaking novel depicting African American life in the South and North, with a foreword by National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree Zinzi ClemmonsJean Toomer's Cane is one of the most significant works to come out of the Harlem Renaissance, and is considered to be a masterpiece in American modernist literature because of its distinct structure and style. First published in 1923 and ..."
"A masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance and a canonical work in both the American and the African American literary traditions, Cane is now available in a revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.Originally published in 1923, Jean Toomerâs Cane remains an innovative literary workâpart drama, party poetry, part fiction. This revised Norton Critical Edition builds upon the First Edition (1988), which was edited by the late Darwin ..."
Cane(Reprint) (Dover Thrift Editions) von JeanToomer Paperback, 144 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Dover Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82925-8, ISBN: 0-486-82925-1
""[Cane] has been reverberating in me to an astonishing degree. I love it passionately; could not possibly exit without it." — Alice Walker "A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing …. This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds." — Maya Angelou Hailed by critics for its literary experimentation and vivid portrayal of African-American characters and culture, Cane represents one of the earliest expression ..."
"âA breakthrough in prose and poetical writing. . . . This book should be on all readersâ and writersâ desks and in their minds.ââMaya AngelouFirst published in 1923, Jean Toomerâs Cane is an innovative literary workâpart drama, part poetry, part fictionâpowerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomerâs impressionistic, sometimes surrealistic sketches of Southern rural and urban life are permeated by ..."
Cane(Reprint) von JeanToomer, Darwin Turner Paperback, 116 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1993 von Liveright ISBN-13: 978-0-87140-151-9, ISBN: 0-87140-151-7
""[Cane] has been reverberating in me to an astonishing degree. I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it." ―Alice Walker A literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance, Cane is a powerful work of innovative fiction evoking black life in the South. The sketches, poems, and stories of black rural and urban life that make up Cane are rich in imagery. Visions of smoke, sugarcane, dusk, and flame permeate the Southern lan ..."
Cane(3rd Edition) von JeanToomer Paperback, 116 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1975 von Liveright ISBN-13: 978-0-87140-104-5, ISBN: 0-87140-104-5
"“A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing. . . . This book should be on all readers’ and writers’ desks and in their minds.”―Maya Angelou First published in 1923, Jean Toomer’s Cane is an innovative literary work―part drama, part poetry, part fiction―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 ..."
Cane(Updated) (Norton Critical Editions) von JeanToomer, Darwin T. Turner Paperback, 246 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1987 von W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-95600-9, ISBN: 0-393-95600-8
"Originally published in 1923, Cane is considered a literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance. The growing interest in African-American literature that began in the 1960's led to the rediscovery of earlier African-American writers, one of whom is Jean Toomer, author of Cane. It is an innovative literary work—part drama, part poetry, part fiction. "Backgrounds" contains generous excerpts from Jean Toomer's correspondence with fell ..."
Clydesdale Classics Ser.(Reprint) Cane von JeanToomer Paperback, 244 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2020 von Clydesdale ISBN-13: 978-1-945186-80-6, ISBN: 1-945186-80-1
Cane von JeanToomer, Waldo Frank Paperback, 98 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Digireads.Com Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4209-6277-2, ISBN: 1-4209-6277-9
"First published in 1923, “Cane” by Jean Toomer, is one of the most significant books to come out of the Harlem Renaissance. Jean Toomer, born Nathaniel Pinchback Toomer in Washington D. C. in 1894, was raised by his mother and her wealthy parents after being abandoned by his father as a baby. While he spent much of his life on the East Coast and at various colleges in Chicago and Wisconsin, he worked for several months in 1921 as a prin ..."
Cane a Novel (Hardback or Cased Book) von JeanToomer Hardcover, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Wilder Publications, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5154-4001-7, ISBN: 1-5154-4001-X
Cane von JeanToomer Hardcover, 132 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Ancient Wisdom Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-940849-88-1, ISBN: 1-940849-88-8
"The book 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. As a result, the novel has been classified as a composite novel or as a short story cycle. Though some characters and situations recur between vignettes, the vignettes are mostly freestanding, tied ..."
Cane a Novel (Paperback Or Softback) von JeanToomer Paperback, 118 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Wilder Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-5154-4002-4, ISBN: 1-5154-4002-8
"A land mark novel that changed the way America looked at black writers. I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it. -- Alice Walker This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds."
Cane (Paperback Or Softback) von JeanToomer Paperback, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Martino Fine Books, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-68422-300-8, ISBN: 1-68422-300-8
"African-American Classics presents great stories and poems from America''s earliest Black writers, illustrated by contemporary African-American artists. Featured are ''Two Americans'' by Florence Lewis Bentley, ''The Goophered Grapevine'' by Charles W. Chesnutt, ''Becky'' by Jean Toomer, two short plays by Zora Neale Hurston, and six more tales of humor and tragedy. Also featured are eleven poems, including Langston Hughes' ''Danse Afri ..."
Cane von JeanToomer Hardcover, Veröffentlicht 1994 von Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-685-70623-7, ISBN: 0-685-70623-0
Essentials . von JeanToomer Hardcover, 104 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1991 von Univ Of Georgia Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1333-7, ISBN: 0-8203-1333-5
"The forward includes background on Toomer's life and the philosophical assumptions that informed his writing."
A JeanToomer Reader(1st Edition) Selected Unpublished Writings von JeanToomer, Frederik L. Rusch Paperback, 320 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1993 von Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-508329-3, ISBN: 0-19-508329-6
"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 ..."
A Drama of the Southwest The Critical Edition of a Forgotten Play von JeanToomer, Carolyn J. Dekker Hardcover, 200 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2016 von University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-5638-3, ISBN: 0-8263-5638-9
"Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was a modernist writer, a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and briefly part of the literary and artistic community that grew up around Mabel Dodge Luhan in Taos, New Mexico. This book, a critical edition of a previously unpublished 1935 manuscript, makes A Drama of the Southwest available to readers for the first time. The play provides a vivid glimpse into the social world of the artists who mined Taos for crea ..."
JeanToomer(1st Edition) Selected Essays and Literary Criticism von Robert B. Jones, JeanToomer, Univ Tennessee Press Paperback, 160 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2006 von Univ Tennessee Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57233-582-0, ISBN: 1-57233-582-3
"and cultural critiques provide on the intellectual and historical milieu of his time.
Shortly after the publication of Cane in October of 1923, Toomer joined an
informal brotherhood of writers, intellectuals, and critics — a circle that included
Waldo Frank, Gorham Munson, Alfred Kreymborg, Allen Tate, Van Wyck Brooks,
Matthew Josephson, and Kenneth Burke. Through this circle he also developed
literary liaisons with Paul Rosenfeld, ..."
"Considered deeply controversial because of his experimental writing style and complicated racial heritage, Jean Toomer was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance and in the twentieth-century modernist movement. Toomer has been the focus of much research, and over the years, his letters have been widely cited by specialists on the literature of the period. The Letters of Jean Toomer, 1919-1924 is the first-ever annotated collection of ..."