New Orleans: A Writer's City

ISBN-13: 9781316512067 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 315 str.

Louisiana) Johnson T. R. (Tulane University

Opis

This book traces the major writing of New Orleans through its five most famous streets as well as its outskirts.

Recenzje

'The book shows how New Orleans and its literature both grow together, feeding off each other . . . a masterpiece in its architecture and its scope.' Counterpunch

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Royal Street – A masked ball: Between canal and esplanade; 2. St. Claude Avenue – Hard times and good children: The Lower 9th Ward – Desire – St. Roch – Bywater; 3. Esplanade Avenue – Escape routes: The Marigny – The 7th Ward – Bayou St. John; 4. Basin Street – Memory and music: Congo Square – Storyville – Tremé; 5. St. Charles Avenue – Blood and money: The Garden District – The Irish Channel – The University District – Central City; 6. Outskirts – Writing through loss.