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We have waited long for just such a book, and Professor Brosman has rewarded our waiting more than handsomely. Scorning tendentious literary 'theory' in favor of hard scholarship and sensitive close reading, she has opened a varied and vital Francophone tradition in American letters to future systematic study, at the same time shedding new light on Anglophone 'interlopers' like Cable, King, and Chopin. Our study of American literature, especially in the South, will never again be quite so insular. This is literary history and criticism of a high order, foundational in the fullest sense. -William Bedford Clark, professor of English at Texas A&M University

We have waited long for just such a book, and Brosman has rewarded our waiting more than handsomely. Scorning tendentious literary 'theory' in favor of hard scholarship and sensitive close reading, she has opened a varied and vital Francophone tradition in American letters to future systematic study, at the same time shedding new light on Anglophone 'interlopers' like Cable, King, and Chopin. Our study of American literature, especially in the South, will never again be quite so insular. This is literary history and criticism of a high order, foundational in the fullest sense.--William Bedford Clark, professor of English at Texas A&M University Brosman's mastery of history and biography, her summaries of literary texts, and her commentary have comprehensiveness, depth, and originality. Her study is a touchstone for those scholars, critics, and readers who wish to understand the depths, complexities, and pleasures of Creole literature.--Maurice W. DuQuesnay, University of Louisiana at Lafayette ""Louisiana History"" Louisiana Creole Literature: A Historical Study is a well-documented and engrossing scholarly account that analyzes and does much to valorize the longstanding multicultural and multilingual literary history of this unique American state.--Eric Sellin, professor emeritus of French and Francophone literature at Tulane University, New Orleans

-We have waited long for just such a book, and Professor Brosman has rewarded our waiting more than handsomely. Scorning tendentious literary 'theory' in favor of hard scholarship and sensitive close reading, she has opened a varied and vital Francophone tradition in American letters to future systematic study, at the same time shedding new light on Anglophone 'interlopers' like Cable, King, and Chopin. Our study of American literature, especially in the South, will never again be quite so insular. This is literary history and criticism of a high order, foundational in the fullest sense.--William Bedford Clark, professor of English at Texas A&M University

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Catharine Savage Brosman, Houston, Texas, is professor emerita of French at Tulane University. She is the author of numerous books of French literary history and criticism, two volumes of nonfiction prose, and nine collections of poetry.

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