Race and Culture in New Orleans Stories Kate Chopin, Grace King, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and George Washington Cable

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 is a study of four volumes of interrelated short stories set i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Nagel, James
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Tuscaloosa The University of Alabama Press 2014
University of Alabama Press
Edition1
Subjects
1844-1925
1850-1904
1852-1932
1875-1935
American
American literature
Cable, George Washington
Chopin, Kate
Criticism and interpretation
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore
History and criticism
In literature
King, Grace Elizabeth
LITERARY CRITICISM
Local color in literature
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Orleans (La.)
Social change in literature
Social problems in literature
Social structure in literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Index Bibliography Notes Conclusion: The Literary Legacy 4. Kate Chopin’s Bayou Folk 3. Alice Dunbar-Nelson and the New Orleans Story Cycle Images 2. Grace King and the Cultural Background of Balcony Stories 1. George Washington Cable’s Old Creole Days Introduction: The Historical Context Title Page, Copyright Contents Preface Cover
  • Intro -- Contents -- 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