Teaching Jean Toomer s 1923 Cane

Teaching Jean Toomers 1923 Cane Cane one of the major works of the Harlem Renaissance and Jean Toomer's imagist masterpiece, is now a part of the canon in Afro-American literature. Teaching Jean Toomer's 1923 Cane is a unique literary tool that explores the brilliance and far-sighted vision of Toomer, allowing Cane to be taught holistically as a discovery process, using the blues motif and the poetic essay. This book's text and figures ground a discussion of Cane's enigmatic and figurative language, connecting the Harlem Renaissance to the Negritude Movement and to later Afro-centric literary movements. This book also reviews P.B.S. Pinchback's legacy as a non-Negro, able to pass easily in white society, the influence of Ouspensky, H. L Mencken's critical work, The Paris Brotherhood, and «Saccaharum officinarum-G.» Like the lunar arcs dividing Cane, the book works as an instructional map. The pictures from the first complete production also tell a remarkable story. Autor: Chezia Thompson Cager Wydawnictwo: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Rok wydania: 2006 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 156 Wymiary: 15.5 x 22.8 x 1.1 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780820424927