Posthumous Louisiana: Louisiana's Literary Reinvention in Alfred Mercier's The Saint-Ybars Plantation (1881).

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    • Subject Terms:
      SAINT-Ybars Plantation, The (Book)
    • Subject Terms:
      MERCIER, Alfred
    • Abstract:
      A literary criticism of the book "The Saint-Ybars Plantation," by Alfred Mercier is presented. Topics covered include the focus of the narrative on the personal dynamics between the characters at a plantation farm in Louisiana during the Civil War and the experiences of slaves or masters in the state. Also mentioned is the attempt of the novel to depict the social events at the time and during the Reconstruction period.