The New Orleans of Lafcadio Hearn : Illustrated Sketches from the Daily City Item

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,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: LaBarre, Delia
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Manners and customs.
City and town life.
Vie urbaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire > 19e siecle > Anecdotes.
Vie urbaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire > 19e siecle > Ouvrages illustres.
City and town life > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century > Anecdotes.
City and town life > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century > Pictorial works.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Anecdotes.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Pictorial works.
Pictorial works.
History.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (228 pages).
ISBN:9780807135716

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