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003 DLC
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008 081002s2009 nyua 000 1 eng
010 $a 2008938732
020 $a9781598530391 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPS1916$b.B46 2009
082 00 $a813/.4$222
100 1 $aHearn, Lafcadio,$d1850-1904.
245 10 $aAmerican writings /$cLafcadio Hearn.
260 $aNew York :$bLibrary of America :$bDistributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam,$c2009.
300 $ax, 848 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
490 0 $aThe library of America ;$v190
500 $a"Christopher Benfey selected the contents and wrote the notes for this volume"--P. [ix].
505 0 $aSome Chinese ghosts -- Chita -- Two years in the French West Indies -- Youma -- 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.
700 1 $aBenfey, Christopher E. G.,$d1954-