21. Arts And Entertainment Directory: Toomer, Jean Arts and Entertainment Directory toomer, jean, including www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/jean toomer.html. Biography, portraits of toomer and his family on the Harlem Renaissance. toomer http://artsandentertainment.us/directory/Top/Arts/Literature/Authors/T/Toomer, J

Arts and Entertainment Directory ArtsandEntertainment.us Toomer, Jean Homes Top Arts Literature ... T Toomer, Jean LINKS The Academy Of American Poets: Jean Toomer http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/jtoomfst.htm Biography, photograph, and selected poems. The Jean Toomer Pages http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/jean-toomer.html Biography, portraits of Toomer and his family, bibliography, three short stories and some poems. Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer (1894-1967) http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/toomer/toomer.htm Biography, literary criticism of some of his poems, three articles by Toomer. PAL: Jean Toomer (1894-1967) http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/toomer.html Study guide leads off a chapter on the Harlem Renaissance. Toomer, Jean http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/598/77.html Short biographical article on the American poet and novelist. The Jean Toomer Page http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/toomer.htm Portrait and concise bibliography. Harlem Renaissance: Jean Toomer (1894-1967) http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/toomer.html Full text of four poems.

22. Jean Toomer - The Academy Of American Poets jean toomer The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs, selected poems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. Some pages also include RealAudio clips of the poet http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=72

23. Toomer, Jean toomer, jean. toomer, jean, 1894–1967, American writer, b. Washington, DC, as Nathan Eugene toomer. Related content from HighBeam Research on jean toomer. http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/A0849055.html

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24. Jean Toomer (1897-1967) American Writer. jean toomer was born Nathan Pinchback toomer in Washington DC He wrote short stories like Bona and Paul and Withered Skin of Berries, the plays Natalie Mann http://classiclit.about.com/cs/toomerjean/

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25. Toomer An introduction to the writer, for university students. http://www.unc.edu/courses/pre2000fall/eng81br1/toomer.html

Jean Toomer (1894-1967) Fair-skinned, straight-nosed, straight-haired, African American Nathan Eugene Pinchback Toomer was born in 1894 into a world dedicated to defining individuals, their intellect, their ability, their lifestyletheir very natureon color. Where did he fit? That one question plagued him all his life as it did most of the Harlem Renaissance writers. The question of how to define oneself, a question most American writers asked (remember Whitman's "Song of Myself?"), was made even harder when race was made a central part of the definition. Toomer, along with his fellow writers, shared what W.E. B. DuBois called the African American's "double-consciousness," that awareness that any black would be seen first as an embodiment of all the stereotypes of what being black meant and then as an American (and as an embodiment of all the stereotypes of what being American meant.) Toomer found this position ludicrous, especially since his olive complexion made most strangers think he was white American or French or Spanish. When he was mistaken for anything other than black, he found he was generally treated better than when people knew he had black ancestry, yet he was still the same man. Why should his thoughts and ideas be more respected when he was thought to be white? Why should his behavior be judged more harshly when he was thought to be black? Toomer didn't care to reason this blatant racism out. Instead, he rejected any classification except that of American, and like Walt Whitman, he tried to convince the rest of America that only by erasing racial prejudices could America be a true free democracy.

26. Jean Toomer's Washington And The Politics Of Class jean toomer's Washington and the Politics of Class From "Blue Veins" to SeventhStreet Rebels is a critical commonplace that jean toomer's Cane is a largely autobiographical work http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~bfoley/jean_toomers_washington.html

Jean Toomer's Washington and the Politics of Class: From "Blue Veins" to Seventh-Street Rebels Familiarity, in most people, indicates not a sentiment of comradeship, an emotion of brotherhood, but simply a lack of respect and reverence tempered by the unkindly . . . desire to level down whatever is above them, to assert their own puny egos at whatever damage to those fragile tissues of elevation which constitute the worthwhile meshes of our civilization. Jean Toomer, 1921 It is generally established that the causes of race prejudice may primarily be found in the economic structure that compels one worker to compete against another and that furthermore renders it advantageous for the exploiting classes to inculcate, foster, and aggravate that competition. Jean Toomer, 1919 It is a critical commonplace that Jean Toomer's Cane is a largely autobiographical work displaying its author's discovery of his profound identification with African Americans and their culture. This concern is signalled in Toomer's own often-quoted statements: the 1922 Liberator letter in which he remarked that "my growing need for artistic expression has pulled me deeper and deeper into the Negro group" and that, during his visit to Georgia the previous fall, "a deep part of my nature, a part I had repressed, sprang suddenly to life and responded" to the "rich dusk beauty" of "Negro peasants" with "folk-songs [at their] lips"; the 1923 letter to Sherwood Anderson noting that "my seed was planted in the cane- and cotton-fields, . . . . was planted in

27. LookSmart - Directory - Jean Toomer jean toomer Browse biographical details and the writings of this American poet, novelist, and philosopher. Directory Listings http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317828/us317851/us220433/us4573855/us

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28. Toomer, Jean Comments/Inquiries ©New York University 19932004. toomer, jean. On-Line Author Site. Sex, Male. National Origin, United States of America. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webauthors/toomer1269-au-

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29. Toomer, Jean Cane toomer, jean Cane. While Cane is a powerful and eloquent expression of AfricanAmerican culture, jean toomer was ambivalent about his black identity. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/toomer12185-d

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 53rd Edition-April 2004 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Author Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Editors' Choices Choices Editor's Biosketch Indexes Book Order Form Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Literature Annotations Toomer, Jean Cane Genre Collection (Short Stories) (239 pp.) Keywords Abandonment Acculturation African-American Experience Child Abuse ... Survival Summary This is a collection of related stories, sketches, poems, and a one-act play by Jean Toomer, a little-known writer of the Harlem Renaissance. The book is divided into three sections. The first part of the book is a series of stories that portray the lives of poor black women in rural Georgia. They deal with such subjects as infanticide ("Karintha"), miscegenation ("Becky"), hysteria ("Carma"), lynching ("Blood-Burning Moon"), and religious mysticism ("Fern" and "Esther"). Taken together, these stories portray an intuitive, violent, spontaneous, and pre-rational culture. The second part of Cane takes place in Washington, DC, where Toomer depicts the life of urban black Americans in the early 1920's. Here we encounter the conflict between rationalism, as represented by the well-educated "intellectuals," and traditional lifestyle and morality. The best stories in this section include, "Avey," "Theater," and "Box Seat." The last section is a one-act play ("Kabnis") about two urban black writers attempting to establish a contemporary "Negro identity" in light of the repression and suffering of their people. One is overwhelmed by negativity and a sense of victimization, while the other man believes that the past can be transcended, especially through the power of art.

30. Jean Toomer's Washington And The Politics Of Class toomer's ambivalence about racial identification is wellknown. Essay argues that discussions about race in toomer obscure the dilemma of class consciousness. http://newark.rutgers.edu/~bfoley/jean_toomers_washington.html

Jean Toomer's Washington and the Politics of Class: From "Blue Veins" to Seventh-Street Rebels Familiarity, in most people, indicates not a sentiment of comradeship, an emotion of brotherhood, but simply a lack of respect and reverence tempered by the unkindly . . . desire to level down whatever is above them, to assert their own puny egos at whatever damage to those fragile tissues of elevation which constitute the worthwhile meshes of our civilization. Jean Toomer, 1921 It is generally established that the causes of race prejudice may primarily be found in the economic structure that compels one worker to compete against another and that furthermore renders it advantageous for the exploiting classes to inculcate, foster, and aggravate that competition. Jean Toomer, 1919 It is a critical commonplace that Jean Toomer's Cane is a largely autobiographical work displaying its author's discovery of his profound identification with African Americans and their culture. This concern is signalled in Toomer's own often-quoted statements: the 1922 Liberator letter in which he remarked that "my growing need for artistic expression has pulled me deeper and deeper into the Negro group" and that, during his visit to Georgia the previous fall, "a deep part of my nature, a part I had repressed, sprang suddenly to life and responded" to the "rich dusk beauty" of "Negro peasants" with "folk-songs [at their] lips"; the 1923 letter to Sherwood Anderson noting that "my seed was planted in the cane- and cotton-fields, . . . . was planted in

31. Toomer, Jean. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. toomer, jean. 1894–1967, American writer, b. Washington, DC, as Nathan Eugene toomer. http://www.bartleby.com/65/to/Toomer-J.html

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33. Jean Toomer toomer, jean (18941967). Fair-skinned, straight-nosed, straight-haired, African American Nathan Eugene Pinchback toomer was born http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/T/toomerjean/1.h

Toomer, Jean Toomer found this position ludicrous, especially since his olive complexion made most strangers think he was white American or French or Spanish. When he was mistaken for anything other than black, he found he was generally treated better than when people knew he had black ancestry, yet he was still the same man. Why should his thoughts and ideas be more respected when he was thought to be white? Why should his behavior be judged more harshly when he was thought to be black? Toomer didn't care to reason this blatant racism out. Instead, he rejected any classification except that of American, and like Walt Whitman, he tried to convince the rest of America that only by erasing racial prejudices could America be a true free democracy. Of course, no one listened to Toomer. As a matter of fact, Toomer, as a writer, was all but forgotten until a resurgence of interest in African American literature occurred during the 60s and 70s. Then, Toomer's novel Cane (1923) was rediscovered and Toomer was hailed as one of America's finest African American writers, something he wouldn't have liked. Toomer does give credit to getting in touch with his "Negro side" as the reason for the success of Cane. In the novel, which is really a collection of short stories, character sketches, poems, and songs, Toomer records the life of the poor black in Georgia. He shows how the soil, the scent of cane, and the Georgia dusk are regenerators and nurturers of the African American soul while the want of money, material positions, and sex are elements that can unbalance the soul and cause destruction. Cane is beautifully lyrical, and the language has meaning on so many different levels. It's well worth the read.

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