Jean Toomer and the Terrors of American History

Charles Scruggs; Lee VanDemarr

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1999

Jean Toomer and the Terrors of American History

Charles Scruggs and Lee VanDemarr

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806656

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In Jean Toomer and the Terrors of American History, Charles Scruggs and Lee VanDemarr examine original sources to show how the cultural wars of the 1920s influenced the shaping of Toomer's writing and subsequent efforts to escape the racial definitions of American society.

Author / Editor information

Scruggs Charles :

Charles Scruggs is Professor of English at the University of Arizona. VanDemarr Lee :

Lee VanDemarr is a freelance writer and editor.

Reviews

"Much has been written about Toomer since the 1960s, but no one has taken the trouble to establish the unreliability of Toomer's autobiographical statements. . . . The results of this meticulously researched reconstruction are breathtaking and will change Toomer studies forever. . . . A truly exceptional piece of literary and historical scholarship."--Vera M. Kutzinski, Yale University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction: The Witness of History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Sparta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 2. The New Metropolitan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3. Cultural Politics, 1920 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 4. Whose America? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 5. Writing Cane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 6. The Gothic Detective Story Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 7. Cane in the City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter 8. The Black Man in the Cellar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Epilogue: “An Incredibly Entangled Situation” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Appendix: Jean Toomer’s New York Call Articles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies; Biography; Autobiography

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512806656