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Role in the H. Renaissance and Rebirth

In the early twenties, Toomer became interested in Unitism, a religion.

The doctrine taught unity, transcendence and mastery of self through yoga: He began to preach these teachings in Harlem

Sources

His most famous work, Cane, was hailed by critics and is seen as an important part of the Harlem R. for its representations of African-American characters culture, literary experimentation, romantic primitivism, and its critiques of postwar values. It was seen as a modern idiom.

Quotes/Work of Art

Toomer was married twice to wives who were white, and was criticized by the black community for leaving Harlem and rejecting his roots.

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/jean-toomer

In 1921, Toomer he became a teacher in Georgia for four months; the trip represented his journey back to his Southern roots. His experience inspired his book Cane, a book of prose poetry describing the Georgian people and landscape.

Blue Meridian

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jean-toomer

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/toomer/life.htm

Background Info.

On December 26, 1894, Jean Toomer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of a Georgian farmer.

Though he passed for white during certain periods of his life, he was raised in a predominantly black community and attended black high schools.

Becoming Famous

Jean Toomer: The Harlem Renaissance

Imani Payne

From early on in his life he resisted being classified by race, preferring to call himself simply American

In 1917 University of Wisconsin but transferred to the College of the City of New York

Toomer spent the next four years writing and publishing poetry and prose in Broom, The Liberator, The Little Review and others. He actively participated in literary society .

A poet, playwright, and novelist, Toomer’s most famous work, Cane, was published in 1923

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