| Teaching Jean Toomer's 1923 Cane Contributor(s): Hill, James L. (Editor), Thompson Cager, Chezia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820424927 ISBN-13: 9780820424927 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $40.61 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 2003027711 |
| Series: Studies in African and Afro-American Culture |
| Physical Information: 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |