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  • Audiobook

    Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    Narrated by Audra McDonald ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 20 min

    Narrated by six-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald, Jean Toomer’s revolutionary masterpiece Cane is exemplary of the era we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, and has come to be considered one of the classic works of American literary modernism. A boldly experimental “novel” mixing prose, poetry, and dramatic sketches, the book’s hallmark is its formal sophistication; sexuality, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cane

    A Novel

    by Jean Toomer ...
    'Cane' explores spiritual and emotional frustration, failure of basic communication between individuals, and repression of natural energies. It reveals the chaos of contemporary black American life and calls for a spiritual awakening. A land mark novel that changed the way America looked at black writers.I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it. — Alice WalkerThis book should be ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    Cane is a series of vignettes about life in rural Georgia told from the point of view of a black teacher from the north, revolving around the experiences of African Americans in the United States. A classic of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    A lyrical "groundbreaking work" of the Harlem Renaissance, praised by writers from Langston Hughes to Maya Angelou and Alice Walker ( The Washington Post)."It would be good to hear their songs . . . reapers of the sweet-stalked cane, cutters of the corn . . . even though their throats cracked, and the strangeness of their voices deafened me." —"Harvest Song," Jean ToomerPublished in 1923, Jean ... Read more

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  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    The book is divided into three sections, each exploring different aspects of African American life in the early 20th century. The first section features impressionistic prose poems set in the rural South, capturing the beauty, hardships, and complexities of African American life in that region.The second section transitions to stories set in urban settings, particularly in Washington, D.C., and ... Read more

    $0.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    The Harlem Renaissance writer's innovative and groundbreaking novel depicting African American life in the South and North, with a foreword by National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree Zinzi ClemmonsJean 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 because of its distinct structure ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Classic Collection of Jean Toomer. Illustrated

    Cane, An Interpretation of Friends Worship

    by Jean Toomer ...
    This beautifully presented collection brings together two essential works by Jean Toomer, one of the most innovative and influential voices of early 20th-century American literature. With its blend of lyrical intensity, vivid imagery, and spiritual inquiry, this edition offers readers a fuller understanding of Toomer’s artistic range and enduring legacy. Enhanced with carefully selected ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Cane

    A Library of America eBook Classic

    by Jean Toomer ...
    Jean Toomer’s revolutionary masterpiece Cane (1923) ushered in the era we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, and has come to be considered one of the classic works of American literary modernism. A boldly experimental “novel” mixing prose, poetry, and dramatic sketches, the book’s hallmark is its formal sophistication; sexuality, racism, and industrialization are among its major themes. Above all ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    Published in 1923, Jean Toomer's Cane was widely heralded as one of the first masterpieces of the Harlem Renaissance, and its author as "a bright morning star" of the movement. Toomer himself, however, was reluctant to embrace an explicitly racialized identity, preferring to define himself as simply an American writer.Inspired in part by Sherwood Anderson's short story cycle Winesburg, Ohio, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    Series series African Library
    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. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cane

    by Jean Toomer ...
    Series series Classics To Go
    Cane is a 1923 novel by noted Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer. The novel is structured as a series of vignettes revolving around the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignettes alternate in structure between narrative prose, poetry, and play-like passages of dialogue. As a result, the novel has been classified as a composite novel or as a short story ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Cane

    Exploring Racial Identity and Spirituality in Experimental Poetry and Prose

    by Jean Toomer ...
    In "Cane," Jean Toomer masterfully interweaves poetry and prose to depict the African American experience in the early 20th century, particularly in the rural South and urban North. The book is structured as a series of vignettes, blending lyrical expression with sharp social commentary. Toomer's use of impressionistic imagery and evocative language captures the complexities of identity, race, and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus