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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
II. French To furnish an account of the French literature of Louisiana is not a simple task. The facts that are known concerning the lives of many of the writers, particularly in the early periods, are few or none. Nor is there any complete collection of the works which comprise this literature; unique copies of important books repose in private libraries, or lie moulding in the cellars of old Creole homes. The beginnings of Louisiana were wholly French. The colony was founded by Iberville at Biloxi, in 1699. The immigrants during the following century were for the most part well-bred, and spoke the best French; during that century it was customary for the more favoured sons to return to France for their education, so that the colony kept fairly abreast of the parent civilization. Louisiana was ceded to Spain in 1762, and although Spanish thus became the official tongue, French continued as the language of society. When the territory was purchased by the United States in
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
90, 91, 287 Huliet, Huliet, Boese Winten, 602 Human mind, the, 240 Humboldt, Alexander von, 185, 455, 518, 580 Hume, David, 227, 233, 250, 251 Hume, Robert, 213 Humphrey, James, 432 Humphreys, M. W., 463 n. Hunt, Leigh, 455 Hunt, William Morris, 101 Hurd, John C., 347 Hurlbut, W. J., 296 Hurwitch, M., 607, 608 Hurwitz, Israel, 604 Husik, 264 n. Hutchinson, Thomas, 426 Hutton, Laurence, 129, 272, 273 Huxley, 540 n. Hyde, W. DeW., 210, 215, 216 n. Iberville, 590 Ibsen, 293, 603 Ice pack and Tundra, 169 Ide, Simeon, 141 Idols, 423 Ignatov, David, 606 Ik Marvel. See Mitchell, D. G. Iliad, 460 Illinois (University), 412 I love Thy Kingdom, Lord, 499 I'm a Good Old Rebel, 515 Im gelobten Lande Amerika, 582 Imogen, 44 Impending crisis of the South, the, 343, 358 Imperative duty, an, 84 Inaugural Oration (Stiles), 471 Incidents of travel and adventure in the far West with Fremont's last expedition, 152 I