Toomer, Jean
(1897-1967) American writer. Jean Toomer was born Nathan Pinchback Toomer in Washington D.C. He wrote short stories like "Bona and Paul" and "Withered Skin of Berries," the plays "Natalie Mann" (1922) and "Balo" (1922), and many poems such as "Five Vignettes," "Skyline," "Poem in C," "Gum," "Banking Coal," and "The First American."
Harlem Renaissance - Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
"For many, the literary renaissance in Harlem began with the publication of Toomer's 'Cane'."
"For many, the literary renaissance in Harlem began with the publication of Toomer's 'Cane'."
Introduction to Cane
"Cane, the book that provoked this comment, was published in 1923 after portions of it had appeared earlier in Broom, The Crisis, Double Dealer, Liberator, Little Review, Modern Review, Nomad, Prairie and S 4 N. But Cane and its author, let it be said at once, presented an enigma from the start-an enigma which has, in many ways, deepened in the years since its publication."
"Cane, the book that provoked this comment, was published in 1923 after portions of it had appeared earlier in Broom, The Crisis, Double Dealer, Liberator, Little Review, Modern Review, Nomad, Prairie and S 4 N. But Cane and its author, let it be said at once, presented an enigma from the start-an enigma which has, in many ways, deepened in the years since its publication."
Jean Toomer - The Black Renaissance in Washington, D.C.
"Jean Toomer’s greatest contribution to literature is Cane (1923). It is composed of poetry, short stories, drama and prose that covers African-American culture in the rural south and urban north."
"Jean Toomer’s greatest contribution to literature is Cane (1923). It is composed of poetry, short stories, drama and prose that covers African-American culture in the rural south and urban north."
Jean Toomer and the Terrors of American History
"Jean Toomer's Cane was the first major text of the Harlem Renaissance and the first important modernist text by an African-American writer. It powerfully depicts the terror in the history of American race relations, a public world of lynchings, race riots, and Jim Crow, and a private world of internalized conflict over identity and race which mirrored struggles in the culture at large."
"Jean Toomer's Cane was the first major text of the Harlem Renaissance and the first important modernist text by an African-American writer. It powerfully depicts the terror in the history of American race relations, a public world of lynchings, race riots, and Jim Crow, and a private world of internalized conflict over identity and race which mirrored struggles in the culture at large."