Building the "Blue" Race: Miscegenation, Mysticism, and the Language of Cognitive Evolution in Jean Toomer's "The Blue Meridian"

Examines how the language of evolutionary science and Gurdjieffian mysticism in “The Blue Meridian,” by Jean Toomer fuse to create a language of cognition. Ways in which Toomer’s early training and reading in the biological sciences remained influential throughout his writing career; Toomer’s concep...

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Publicado en:	Texas Studies in Literature & Language Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 149 - 181
Autor principal:	Hawkins, Stephanie L.
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	University of Texas Press Summer2004
Materias:	Blue Meridian, The (Book) Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 Miscegenation in literature Mysticism in literature Cognition in literature Racism in literature
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