Jean Toomer’s Cane cycle of stories and sketches
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Jean Toomer’s Cane cycle of stories and sketches is a landmark modernist work of the Harlem Renaissance that interweaves prose, poetry, and drama to explore African American life in the rural South and urban North.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Cane | 0 |
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| instanceOf |
Harlem Renaissance literature
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literary work ⓘ modernist work ⓘ |
| author | Jean Toomer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
dramatic dialogue
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poems ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationDate | 1923 ⓘ |
| form | cycle of stories and sketches ⓘ |
| genre |
African American literature
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drama ⓘ experimental literature ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ prose poetry ⓘ short story cycle ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Fern
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Kabnis NERFINISHED ⓘ Karintha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later African American modernist writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African American folk traditions
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European modernism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
landmark work of the Harlem Renaissance
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pioneering experimental form in African American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
fragmented narrative
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lyrical prose ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| movement |
American modernism
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Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableSection |
Becky
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Blood-Burning Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Carma NERFINISHED ⓘ Fern ⓘ Kabnis NERFINISHED ⓘ Karintha NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventh Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| part |
dramatic section
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rural Southern section ⓘ urban Northern section ⓘ |
| publisher | Boni and Liveright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
rural American South
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urban American North ⓘ |
| structure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| theme |
African American life
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alienation ⓘ folk culture and folklore ⓘ gender and sexuality ⓘ migration from South to North ⓘ modernity and tradition ⓘ racial identity ⓘ spirituality and mysticism ⓘ |
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"Blood-Burning Moon"
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Jean Toomer’s Cane cycle of stories and sketches
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Blood-Burning Moon