Dixie Bohemia
Subtitle: a French Quarter circle in the 1920s
By: John Shelton Reed
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780807147641; 9780807147658; 9780807147665; 9780807147672
Subjects: Intellectual life; Biography; Social life and customs
Description: In the years following World War I, the New Orleans French Quarter attracted artists and writers with its low rents, faded charm, and colorful street life. By the 1920s Jackson Square had become the center of a vibrant if short-lived bohemia. A young William Faulkner and his roommate William Spratling, an artist who taught at Tulane University, resided among the "artful and crafty ones of the French Quarter." In Dixie Bohemia John Shelton Reed introduces Faulkner's circle of friends -- ranging from the distinguished Sherwood Anderson to a gender-bending Mardi Gras costume designer -- and brings to life the people and places of New Orleans in the Jazz Age.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : two Bills and a book; title: Dramatis personae; title: The world of the famous Creoles; title: Life in the Quarter; title: Making a scene; title: The difference Dixie made; title: Populations; title: Uptown, downtown; title: The end of an interlude; title: The annotated Sherwood Anderson and other famous Creoles.