Cane

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• Publisher: Sovereign
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781787365537
• Edition: 0

Cane by Jean Toomer is a seminal work of the Harlem Renaissance, and a highly influential text within the modernist canon. It is comprised of poetry, short stories, and sketches that reflect Toomer's unique vision of African-American life in the early twentieth century. The work encapsulates both the racial oppression as well as the cultural resilience experienced during this period.

Table of contents

• KARINTHA
• REAPERS
• NOVEMBER COTTON FLOWER
• BECKY
• FACE
• COTTON SONG
• CARMA
• SONG OF THE SON
• GEORGIA DUSK
• FERN
• NULLO
• ESTHER
• CONVERSION
• PORTRAIT IN GEORGIA
• BLOOD-BURNING MOON
• SEVENTH STREET
• RHOBERT
• AVEY
• BEEHIVE
• THEATER
• HER LIPS ARE COPPER WIRE
• CALLING JESUS
• BOX SEAT
• “JESUS WAS ONCE A LEPER!”
• PRAYER
• HARVEST SONG
• BONA AND PAUL
• KABNIS