| The Grandissimes Contributor(s): Cable, George (Author), Holditch, Kenneth (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1565549015 ISBN-13: 9781565549012 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001021962 |
| Series: Pelican Pouch Series |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 4.35" W x 7" (0.92 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Criticized in 1880 for its portrayal of forbidden love and the clash of cultures, this novel is now considered a masterful critique of racial and social inequality. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cable, George: - One of the greatest and most celebrated Southern writers of his day, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) helped lead the local-color movement of the late 1800s with his pioneering use of dialect and his skill in the short-story form. After serving in the Confederate army, he began to write for the New Orleans Picayune. Cable has been called the most important Southern artist working in the late-nineteenth century, as well as the first modern Southern writer. A complete listing of his books published by Pelican is available by request. Holditch, Kenneth: - Kenneth Holditch is a Research Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans, where he has taught for thirty-two years. He is the founding editor of The Tennessee Williams Journal and has published numerous short stories, articles, and critical essays. He is a founder of the Tennessee Williams Festivals in New Orleans and in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and is also a founding member of the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society. He is currently at work on a biography of John Kennedy Toole. |