To Make a New Race : Gurdjieff, Toomer, and the Harlem Renaissance.

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Jean Toomer's adamant stance against racism and his call for a raceless society were far more complex than the average reader of works from the Harlem Renaissance might believe. In To Make a New Race Jon Woodson explores the intense influence of Greek-born mystic G.I. Gurdjieff on the thinking...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodson, Jon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1999.
Temas:
Toomer, Jean, > 1894-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, > 1872-1949 > Influence.
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, > 1872-1949
Toomer, Jean, > 1894-1967
1900-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
African Americans in literature.
Harlem Renaissance.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans in literature
African Americans > Intellectual life
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Harlem Renaissance
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life
Race in literature
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Jean Toomer's adamant stance against racism and his call for a raceless society were far more complex than the average reader of works from the Harlem Renaissance might believe. In To Make a New Race Jon Woodson explores the intense influence of Greek-born mystic G.I. Gurdjieff on the thinking of Toomer and his coterie--Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larson, George Schuyler, Wallace Thurman--and, through them, the mystic's influence on many of the notables in African American literature. Gurdjieff, born of poor Greco-Armenian parents on the Russo-Turkish frontier, espoused the theory that man is a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (219 pages)
ISBN:9781604737097
1604737093

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