{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-jean-toomer-paperback","title":"The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert B. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMargot Toomer Latimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the only collected edition of poems by Jean Toomer, the enigmatic American writer, Gurdjieffian guru, and Quaker convert who is perhaps best known for his 1923 lyrical narrative \u003ci\u003eCane\u003c\/i\u003e. The fifty-five poems here -- most of them previously unpublished -- chart a fascinating evolution of artistic consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into sections reflecting four distinct periods of creativity in Toomer's career. The Aesthetic period includes Imagist, Symbolist, and other experimental pieces, such as \"Five Vignettes,\" while \"Georgia Dusk\" and the newly discovered poem \"Tell Me\" come from Toomer' s Ancestral Consciousness period in the early 1920s. \"The Blue Meridian\" and other Objective Consciousness poems reveal the influence of idealist philosopher Georges Gurdjieff. Among the works of this period the editor presents a group of local color poems picturing the landscape of the American Southwest, including \"Imprint for Rio Grande.\" \"It Is Everywhere,\" another newly discovered poem, celebrates America and democratic idealism. The Quaker religious philosophy of Toomer's final years is demonstrated in such Christian Existential works as \"They Are Not Missed\" and \"To Gurdjieff Dying.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Jones's clear and comprehensive introduction examines the major poems in this volume and serves as a guide through the stages of Toomer's evolution as an artist and thinker. \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Jean Toomer\u003c\/i\u003e will prove essential to Toomer's admirers as well as to scholars and students of modern poetry, Afro-American literature, and American studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9.02 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726434726195,"sku":"9780807842096","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TStMd1VubHB4WTc2anZQRVFXNnRudz09.webp?v=1763737199","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-jean-toomer-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}