1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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)