Louisiana Creole Literature A Historical Study

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"Louisiana Creole Literature is a broad-ranging critical reading of belles lettres--in both French and English--connected to and generally produced by the distinctive Louisiana Creole peoples, chiefly in the southeastern part of the state. The book covers primarily the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the flourishing period during which the term Creole had broad and contested cultural reference in Louisiana." -- from publisher's website.

subjects: Creoles,  French literature, history and criticism,  French-American literature,  History and criticism,  Creole literature,  History,  French American literature