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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Nellie Y., author.

Contributor:

University of North Carolina Press, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.

Toomer, Jean.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African American authors--Biography.

African American authors.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xiv, 262 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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:

"©1984 The University of North Carolina Press"--verso of title page.

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 has dust jacket.

ISBN:

0807815837

0807841714

OCLC:

10018266