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100 1 $aHearn, Lafcadio,$d1850-1904.
245 10 $aAmerican writings /$cLafcadio Hearn.
260 $aNew York :$bLibrary of America,$cc2009.
300 $ax, 848 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
440 0 $aLibrary of America ;$v190
500 $a"Christopher Benfey selected the contents and wrote the notes for this volume."
505 0 $aSome Chinese ghosts -- Chita: a memory of last island -- Two years in the French West Indies -- Youma: the story of a West-Indian slave -- Selected journalism -- Letters.
520 $aThe writings of Hearn's American years reveal an omnivorous curiosity and an always eclectic sensibility. Some Chinese Ghosts (1887) is a stylized retelling of ancient legends, foreshadowing Hearn's later fascination with Asian themes. The exquisitely crafted novels Chita (1889), about the devastation wrought by a Louisiana hurricane, and Youma (1890) about a slave rebellion in Martinique, epitomize his writing at its most luxuriantly romantic. His extraordinary travel book Two Years in the French West Indies (1890) provides a richly impressionistic account of his long stay on Martinique and other Caribbean islands.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y19th century.
600 10 $aHearn, Lafcadio,$d1850-1904$xTravel$zMartinique.
600 10 $aHearn, Lafcadio,$d1850-1904$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aMartinique$xDescription and travel.
700 1 $aBenfey, Christopher E. G.,$d1954-
740 02 $aSome Chinese ghosts.
740 02 $aChita.
740 02 $aTwo years in the French West Indies.
740 02 $aYouma.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.$tAmerican writings.$dNew York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam, ©2009$w(OCoLC)608150837
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