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The New Orleans of Lafcadio Hearn : Illustrated Sketches from the Daily City Item
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Lafcadio Hearn (18501904) was a master satirist who displayed a fiery wit both as a writer and as an artist. For seven months in 1880, he surprised and amused the readers of New Orleans with his wo...
Lafcadio Hearn (18501904) was a master satirist who displayed a fiery wit both as a writer and as an artist. For seven months in 1880, he surprised and amused the readers of New Orleans with his wood-block "cartoons" and accompanying articles, which were variously funny, scathing, surreal, political, whimsical, and moral. This delightful book collects in their entirety, for the first time, all of the extant satirical columns and woodcut illustrations published in the Daily City Item181 columns in all. Hearn displays immense range, illuminating in words and prints the unique culture.
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- English
- Publication
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- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007
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- 1 online resource (233 pages)
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- 9780807135716, 0807135712, 9780807132432
- OCLC
- ocn609855698
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Vitriol and Balm of a Nineteenth-Century Prophet; Editorial Note; Notes on Columns; Bibliography
Subjects
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
- City and town life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
- City and town life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.