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| Author | : Lafcadio Hearn |
| File Size | : 45,9 Mb |
| Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 19 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 1578063531 |
| Pages | : 268 pages |
A selection of writings from the author who created America's notion of New Orleans as an exotic and mysterious place
A selection of writings from the author who created America's notion of New Orleans as an exotic and mysterious place
Get BookLafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) prowled the streets of New Orleans from 1877 to 1888 before moving on to a new life and global fame as a chronicler of Japan. Hearn's influence on our perceptions of New Orleans, however, has unjustly remained unknown. In ten years of serving as a correspondent and selling his
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Get BookThe writings of Hearn's American years reveal an omnivorous curiosity and an always eclectic sensibility. Some Chinese Ghosts (1887) is a stylized retelling of ancient legends, foreshadowing Hearn's later fascination with Asian themes. The exquisitely crafted novels Chita (1889), about the devastation wrought by a Louisiana hurricane, and Youma (1890) about a slave
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