The Mysteries of New Orleans / / by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein ; translated and edited by Steven Rowan
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| Autore: |
Reizenstein Ludwig von <1826-1885.>
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| Titolo: |
The Mysteries of New Orleans / / by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein ; translated and edited by Steven Rowan
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 559 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina: | 833/.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | German Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | New Orleans (La.) History Fiction |
| United States History 1849-1877 Fiction | |
| Altri autori: |
RowanSteven W
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-559). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Memoranda; Prologue; Book I; Chapter 1 Lucy Wilson; Chapter 2 The Masquerade; Chapter 3 Two Sisters; Chapter 4 A Night after the Honeymoon; Chapter 5 A Welcome Guest; Chapter 6 Don Juan in Hell; Chapter 7 Parasina Brulard-Hotchkiss; Chapter 8 An Intermezzo and Further Events at Madame Brulard's; Chapter 9 The Southern Cross; Chapter10 Mantis Religiosa; Chapter11 The Negro Family; Chapter12 Sulla; Chapter13 The Manuscript; Book II; Chapter 1 Jenny and Frida; Chapter 2 Far Away; Chapter 3 The Assault on Looking-Glass Prairie |
| Chapter 4 Gretchen in the Bush; Chapter 5 Unexpected; Chapter 6 Searching for a Bride; Chapter 7 Lesbian Love; Chapter 8 Albert; Book III; Dedicated to the Creole Marie Lolet te Bloodword; Chapter 1 One Year Later; Chapter 2 Under the Live Oaks; Chapter 3 The Coffee Pickers; Chapter 4 The Prince of Wurt temberg; Chapter 5 Aunty Celestine; Chapter 6 Corybantic Fits; Chapter 7 In the Hamburg Mill; Chapter 8 Clubmen of the 99th and 100th Degree; Chapter 9 Under the Bed; Paralipomena; Book IV; Prologue The Fata Morgana of the South; Chapter 1 Angel and Genius; Chapter 2 On the Flight to Nineveh | |
| Chapter 3 Interludes; Chapter 4 A Parrot in Cupid's Service; Chapter 5 A Letter from the West, or, The Voice of a Friend from Highland; Chapter 6 The Confession; Chapter 7 Complications and Revelations; Chapter 8 One Night in the Life of a Young Woman; Book V; Prologue The Criminals' Dock on the Mesa; Chapter 1 Red Today, Dead Tomorrow; Chapter 2 The Nurse; Chapter 3 How It Happened; Chapter 4 The Reunion; Chapter 5 The Journey to the Place of Execution; Epilogue; Notes | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This edition marks the first time that The Mysteries of New Orleans has been translated into English and proves that 150 years later, this vast, strange, and important novel remains as compelling as ever. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The mysteries of New Orleans |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7769-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814127803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Longfellow series of American languages and literatures.