Author: Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967,
Publication year: 2019
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0143133675 9780143133674 (pbk.) :
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Jean Toomer's 'Cane' is one of the most significant works to come out of the Harlem Renaissance and is considered to be a masterpiece in American modernist literature due to its distinct structure and style. First published in 1923 and told through a series of vignettes, 'Cane' uses poetry, prose and play-like dialogue to create a window into the varied lives of African Americans living in the rural South and urban North during a time when Jim Crow laws pervaded and racism reigned.