{"product_id":"grace-king-of-new-orleans","title":"Grace King of New Orleans","description":"Not as well-known as some of her contemporaries- Mark Twain, George W. Cable, and Joel Chandler Harris, to name a few- author and historian Grace King (1851- 1932) was nonetheless highly praised in her own right. She garnered attention from such eminent critics as William Dean Howells, and her work frequently appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCentury Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e She published thirteen volumes of fiction, history, biography, and memoir. What contributed to King's critical acclaim, and her continued importance across time, was the panoramic view of social and historical New Orleans that she captured in her writing. She was, scholar Robert Bush argues, one of the most talented and perceptive citizens of New Orleans during the post- Civil War period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      In pursuing an intellectual career, King broke with many Old South traditions. She embraced Anglo-Saxon and Creole French cultures. Much of her work is especially interesting for the way in which her view of the southern temper and cultural contribution supplemented that of other writers of the period. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       In his introduction, Bush analyzes the breadth of King's work, leading the reader on a biographical journey that clearly establishes King as an important symbol of a bygone era. He then offers selections that cover the full range of her writing: chapters from her autobiography, \u003ci\u003eMemories of a Southern Woman of Letters\u003c\/i\u003e; her major short fiction, including five uncollected stories and the best of her \u003ci\u003eBalcony Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; a large portion of \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasant Ways of St. Médard\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about life during Reconstruction; sections from her historical writings, including \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans: The Place and the People\u003c\/i\u003e; a series of biographical sketches of Mark Twain and others; excerpts from her notebooks; and a group of more than twenty letters. \u003ci\u003eGrace King of New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a nuanced understanding of King's impressions of the people and places of New Orleans as well as southern life and culture.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807606686040,"sku":"9780807125199","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807125199.jpg?v=1778679918","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/grace-king-of-new-orleans","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}