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Jean Toomer: A Critical Evaluation
by Therman B O'Daniel (1908-1986) [editor]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good to fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0882581112
- ISBN 13
- 9780882581118
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About This Item
xxi+557 pages with bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with brown lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Vintage essays by eminent scholars such as Darwin T Turner and selections prepared especially for this volume including three by Toomer biographer Nellie Y McKay, capture the divergent perspectives, attitudes and literary interpretations that have developed about Jean Toomer and his work since the 1960s. This work includes Therman O'Daniels's own revealing interview with Mae Wright Peck about her courtship with Jean Toomer. Condition: Mild rubbing to extremities. Jacket corners lightly chipped, spine heal chipped with closed tears and creases else very good to fine in a very good jacket.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS005912
- Title
- Jean Toomer: A Critical Evaluation
- Author
- Therman B O'Daniel (1908-1986) [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good to fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0882581112
- ISBN 13
- 9780882581118
- Publisher
- Howard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D C
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Octavo
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