Cane

A Library of America eBook Classic

Fiction & Literature, African American, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book Cane by Jean Toomer, Library of America
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Author: Jean Toomer ISBN: 9781598535730
Publisher: Library of America Publication: January 1, 2019
Imprint: Library of America Language: English
Author: Jean Toomer
ISBN: 9781598535730
Publisher: Library of America
Publication: January 1, 2019
Imprint: Library of America
Language: English

Jean Toomer’s revolutionary masterpiece Cane (1923) ushered in the era we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, and has come to be considered one of the classic works of American literary modernism. A boldly experimental “novel” mixing prose, poetry, and dramatic sketches, the book’s hallmark is its formal sophistication; sexuality, racism, and industrialization are among its major themes. Above all else it offers unforgettably evocative portraits of the African American lives Toomer encountered in rural Georgia, by turns down-to-earth, heartfelt, hauntingly lyrical.

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Jean Toomer’s revolutionary masterpiece Cane (1923) ushered in the era we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, and has come to be considered one of the classic works of American literary modernism. A boldly experimental “novel” mixing prose, poetry, and dramatic sketches, the book’s hallmark is its formal sophistication; sexuality, racism, and industrialization are among its major themes. Above all else it offers unforgettably evocative portraits of the African American lives Toomer encountered in rural Georgia, by turns down-to-earth, heartfelt, hauntingly lyrical.

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