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This symbolic, poetic work comprises a variety of literary forms, including. The vignettes alternate in structure between narrative prose, poetry, and playlike passages of dialogue. Cane is a 1923 novel by noted harlem renaissance author jean toomer. Cane quotes by jean toomer meet your next favorite book. First published in 1923, jean toomers cane is an innovative. First published in 1923, jean toomers cane is an innovative literary workpart drama, part poetry, part fictionpowerfully evoking black life in the south. Rich in imagery, toomers impressionistic, sometimes surrealistic. The stories focus around africanamerican culture in both the north and the south during times when racism and jim crow laws still abounded.
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A masterpiece of the harlem renaissance and a canonical work in both the american and the african american literary traditions. Cane is a slim miscellany composed of fifteen poems, six brief prose vignettes, seven stories, and a playall about black life in the 1920s. He wrote extensively for the dial and other magazines, as well as wrote numerous. Jean toomer started his career as a teacher in sparta, georgia, before becoming a lecturer and writer. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2001, and was written by lalita tademy.
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