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George Washington Cable: New Orleans
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In his writings, George W. Cable sketched life of his native Louisiana and New Orleans. In a time of Howellsian "smiling aspects" as representative of American society, Cable wrote of violence and death, of racial intermarriage, and of contradictions and complexities. Recognized today as one the South's most acute social critics, Cable attacked political corruption and advocated civil rights for the Blacks. He wrote of a vanishing Creole culture, of social classes, and of the baggage of the past and its consequences on the present.
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From 1874 to 1884, this modest house was the residence of George Washington Cable (1844-1925), voice of the Louisiana Creoles. Cable made major contributions to American regional literature with his tales of New Orleans life; his work made the term "Creole" better known and understood.
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Includes letters to Marion A. Baker, a longtime friend of Cable's and an editor of The New Orleans Times-Democrat, as well as letters by Cable to various correspondents, including friends, and autograph seekers. The letters to Baker primarily concern Cable's novels, career as an author, aspects of public life, including lectures and readings, financial matters, and social life. Also includes some clippings, as well as a printer's copy of The Grandissimes and autograph manuscript drafts of three stories: Attalie Brouillard; Jean-ah Pouquelin; and Madame Delicieuse.
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During the local color era Cable wrote of Creole New Orleans, and he has been called the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century, as well as the first modern southern writer. He is praised both for his courageous essays on civil rights, such as
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