"[L]ike dusk on the eastern horizon": Reading Cane through Chinese Culture.

The article focuses on Jean Toomer's book "Cane" and offers an interpretation of its aesthetic quality through Chinese aesthetics. The book's image of dusk stands for the dark-skinned African-Americans as well as their mystery and depth of feelings. In Chinese culture, dusk stands for spiritual tran...

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Published in:	East West Connections Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 53 - 61
Main Author:	Li, Jun
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. 2005
Subjects:	Cane (Book : Toomer) Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 Quality (Aesthetics) Chinese aesthetics African Americans in literature Transfiguration (Spiritualism) Purple
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