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In the Creole Twilight : Poems and Songs from Louisiana Folklore / Joshua Clegg Caffery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caffery, Joshua Clegg.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk music--Louisiana--Poetry.
- Folk music.
- Folklore--Louisiana--Poetry.
- Folklore.
- Louisiana--Poetry.
- Louisiana.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages ; cm)
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Many of the recurring motifs found in south Louisiana's culture spring from the state's rich folklore. Influenced by settlers of European and African heritage, celebrated customs like the Courir de Mardi Gras and fabled creatures like the Loup-Garou grow out of the region's distinctive oral tradition. Joshua Clegg Caffery's In the Creole Twilight draws from this vibrant and diverse legacy to create an accessible reimagining of the state's traditional storytelling and songs.A scholar and Grammy-nominated musician, Caffery borrows from the syllabic structures, rhyme schemes, narratives, and settings that characterize Louisiana songs and tales to create new verse that is both well-researched and refreshingly inventive. Paired with original pen-and-ink illustrations as well as notes that clarify the origins of characters and themes, Caffery's compositions provide a link to the old worlds of southern Louisiana while constructing an entirely new one.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780807161562
- 080716156X
- 9780807161555
- 0807161551
- OCLC:
- 915033790
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