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Race and culture in New Orleans stories : Kate Chopin, Grace King, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and George Washington Cable
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"Race and Culture in New Orleans Stories posits that the Crescent City and the surrounding Louisiana bayous were a logical setting for the literary exploration of crucial social problems in America"--
"Race and Culture in New Orleans Stories posits that the Crescent City and the surrounding Louisiana bayous were a logical setting for the literary exploration of crucial social problems in America"--
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- Creator
- James Nagel
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- English
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- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
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- xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 081738717X, 9780817387174, 0817313389, 9780817313388
- OCLC
- ocn879306252, on1018008328, ocn870228713, ocn849509664
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: Preface -- Introduction: The Historical Context -- 1. George Washington Cable's Old Creole Days -- 2. Grace King and the Cultural Background of Balcony Stories -- 3. Alice Dunbar-Nelson and the New Orleans Story Cycle -- 4. Kate Chopin's Bayou Folk -- Conclusion : The Literary Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- King, Grace Elizabeth, 1851 or 1852-1932 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- American literature -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History and criticism.
- Local color in literature.
- Social structure in literature.
- Social change in literature.
- Social problems in literature.
- New Orleans (La.) -- In literature.