SOURCE: “Jean Toomer: Fern,” in The Black American Short Story in the 20th Century, edited by Peter Bruck, B.R. Grüner Publishing Co., 1977, pp. 53-69.
In the following essay, Jung examines the circumstances surrounding the publication of and the critical reaction to “Fern,” and surveys the major themes of the story.
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