"The American Invader": George Washington Cable's The Grandissimes and US Expansionism in the Creole Caribbean.
A literary criticism of the 1880 novel "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life," by American author George Washington Cable is presented. Topics discussed include the depiction of historical legacies and political issues involving French Creole characters in Louisiana in the novel, the acknowledgm...
| Publicado en: | Mississippi Quarterly Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 95 - 117 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2019
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the 1880 novel "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life," by American author George Washington Cable is presented. Topics discussed include the depiction of historical legacies and political issues involving French Creole characters in Louisiana in the novel, the acknowledgment of U.S. political expansionism by Cable in his narrative, and the cultural and moral problems of New Orleans, Louisiana addressed in the novel. |
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