To Make a New Race: Gurdjieff, Toomer, and the Harlem Renaissance Contributor(s): Woodson, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1578061318 ISBN-13: 9781578061310 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: How a Greek exile and mystic teacher influenced America's Harlem Renaissance |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: 813.52 |
LCCN: 98-42461 |
Lexile Measure: 1350 |
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.81" W x 8.92" (0.77 lbs) 202 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Jean Toomer's adamant stance against racism and his call for a raceless society were far more complex than the average reader of works from the Harlem Renaissance might believe. In To Make a New Race Jon Woodson explores the intense influence of Greek-born mystic G. I. Gurdjieff on the thinking of Toomer and his coterie--Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larson, George Schuyler, Wallace Thurman--and, through them, the mystic's influence on many of the notables in African American literature. Jon Woodson, an associate professor of English at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is a contributor to the collection, Black American Poets Between Worlds, 1940-1960. He has published articles in African American Review and other journals. |