Biography of American author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967
By: John Chandler Griffin.
Series: Studies in American literature ;; v. 52; Studies in American literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 52.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.; Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 -- Influence.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.; Quakers -- United States -- Biography.; African American authors -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Jean Toomer bibliography": p. 233-237.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 1894-1913: The Racial Enigma of Jean Toomer 11; title: Chapter 2 1914-1920: A Search For Identify 37; title: Chapter 3 1921-1923: A Literary Breakthrough 73; title: Chapter 4 1923: Waldo Frank and the Publicaton of Cane 101; title: Chapter 5 1923-24: Toomer Meets Margaret Naumberg and Georges Gurdjieff 119; title: Chapter 6 1924-27: Toomer Becomes A Gurdjieffian 155; title: Chapter 7 1927-1934: From Rags To Riches 179; title: Chapter 8 1935-1967: A Life In Decline 199.