| Cane Contributor(s): Toomer, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486829251 ISBN-13: 9780486829258 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | African American - Historical - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018027651 |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.20 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "[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 expressions of the Harlem Renaissance. Combining poetry, drama, and storytelling, it contrasts life in an African-American community in the rural South with that of the urban North. Author Jean Toomer (1894-1967) drew upon his experiences as a teacher in rural Georgia to create a variety of Southern psychological realism that ranks alongside the best works of William Faulkner. The book's three-part structure, ranging from South to North and back again, is united by its focus on the lives of African-American men and women in a world of bigotry, violence, passion, and tenderness. |