Bourbon Street
Subtitle: The Dreams of Aeneas in Dixie: A Novel and Pixilated, Picaresque Epic
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: May 1, 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781401035198
Subjects: Modern Fiction; Fiction - General; Fiction; Literary
Genres: Literary Fiction
First sentence: Bourbon Street reclined before him, beckoning like a French Quarter courtesan in the perfumed mucksweat of the evening in the City That Care Forgot.
Description: Epic Bourbon Street portrays the rise of a gifted, young and penniless photographer – Aeneas Jam – who wanders Bourbon Street to capture its art. Discovered by an Uptown debutante, Aeneas transforms into a portrait photographer of New Orleans’  aristocracy despite rival suitors and reverses of Fortune. Bourbon Street is a gallery of vivid portraits of the chimeras of Aeneas. Illuminating comedy and existential contrasts blend pixels into fine prose about the quest for a better life based upon one’s
dreams. Aeneas Jam’s wanderings in New Orleans are an American jazz improvisation upon Virgil’s Aeneid. Bourbon Street beckons you to the gallery of the dreams of Aeneas in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Notes: TABLE OF CONTENTS  --
PROLOGUE: INVOCATION OF THE MUSE... 17
MRS. SIP, PIXIE OF DIXIE ... 19
CHIMERA I: STORM AND BANQUET ...27
APPARITIONS IN A FLASH FLOOD ...29
THE DIVINE DEBUTANTE... 36
SYMPHONY FANTASTIQUE... 49
CHIMERA II: THE SACK OF TROY... 59
HIGH COTTON...61
ALLIGATOR SOUP... 75
ELYSIAN FIELDS ... 80
CHIMERA III: THE WANDERINGS... 91
FISHERMAN’S PARADISE .... 93
FOOL’S PARADISE ....109
CHIMERA IV: DIDO.... 117
THE ADMONITION OF AMBITION ....119
NAPOLEON AT CAMP...128
CHIMERA V: FUNERAL GAMES ...147
CRESCENT CITY STEAKS ....149
UPTOWN IN AN ELDORADO .... 157
CHIMERA VI: THE UNDERWORLD.... 167
DEMON BOURBON ....169
FIRES OF JOY ...181
CHIMERA VII: WAR IN LATHIUM...189
NO INSTANT GRITS ...191
PRIVATE BATTLES ....200
CHIMERA VIII: AENEAS IN ROME... 207
PICTURES OF HAPPINESS ...209
PROTEUS AND THE JESTER....218
CHIMERA IX: NISUS AND EURYALUS... 229
BEIGNETS AND CAFÉ AU LAIT ...231
THE BED IS THE BATTLEFIELD...238
CHIMERA X: PALLAS AND MEZENTIUS... 245
THE BON VIVANT ...247
HALCYON HALLUCINATIONS ...255
CHIMERA XI: DRANCES AND CAMILLA... 265
THE PASSING PARADE .... 267
AWAKENING IN THE AMERICAN DREAM ... 273
LOTUS LAND...280
SIR KNIGHT OF THE TOOTERS ...285
THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE ...291
CHIMERA XII: TRUCE AND DUEL.... 299
MILLIONAIRES ROW....301
AENEAS IN DIXIE...313
EPILOGUE:
THE PARADE OF FUTURE ROMANS IN THE UNDERWORLD ....335
INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY .... 337
THE SHIELD OF AENEAS ...345
THE FLIGHT OF FANTASY ...347