Jean Toomer, artist : a study of his literary life and work, 1894-1936 / Nellie Y. McKay.

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Author/Creator:

McKay, Nellie Y., author.

Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1984.

Format/Description:

Book
[2], xiv, 262, [2] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Subjects:

Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African American authors -- Biography.

Place of Publication:

United States North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Contents:

The Long Climb, 1894-1921
The Artist in the Making, 1921-1922
First Fruits: Balo and Natalie Mann
Search and Recovery: Cane [1]
Finding a Different Place: Cane [2]
The Circle of Experience: Cane [3]
The Gurdjieff Influence, 1923-1930
After Cane: Polemic versus Art
The Man-the Artist: An Evaluation.

Notes:

"First printing, August 1984. Second printing, January 1987."
"Jacket illustration courtesy of Fisk University."
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-262) and index.

Local notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy is "Second printing, January 1987".

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Penn Chronology:

1984

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

ISBN:

0807815837
0807841714 (pbk.)

OCLC:

10018266

Online:

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