- Read “Winter on Earth” alongside the excerpt from Cane(1923) in the anthology. Discuss how Toomer’s style, themes, and literary approach differ in each work.
- Read the poems of Copper Sun alongside those of Caroling Dusk (1927) to pinpoint the similarities and differences in Cullen’s approach to thematic depictions of racial identity and pride.
- Read the second section of “The Weary Blues,” “Dream Variations,” and re-visit Jesse Fauset’s “Double Trouble” (1923). Compare each artist’s image of the “tragic mulatta.”
Harlem Renaissance, continued
Jean Toomer (1894-1967) pgs. 77-109
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) pgs. 125-126 & 133- 135 Caroling Dusk & Copper Sun
Langston Hughes (207-218)
