The New Orleans of Lafcadio Hearn – Illustrated Sketches from the Daily City It…
The New Orleans of Lafcadio HearnIllustrated Sketches from the Daily City Item\nAuthor(s): Delia LaBarre\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press, United States\nImprint: Louisiana State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780807176948, 978-0807176948\nSynopsis\nLafcadio Hearn [tel] 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 of New Orleans, including its Creole history, debauched underworld, corrupt politicians, and voudou practitioners. The columns are exp.
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