Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings (Loa #190): Some Chinese Ghosts / Chita / Two Years in the French West Indies / Youma / Selected Journalism and Lett

by Lafcadio Hearn

A translator of Flaubert and Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn was the master of a gaudy and sometimes self-consciously decadent literary style, but he was also a tough-minded and keenly observant reporter, with an eye for the offbeat, the sensual, and occasionally the gruesome. The writings of his American years collected in this Library of America volume--on subjects as wide ranging as comparative folklore, the history of musical instruments, French literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598530399
• ISBN13: 9781598530391
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher