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Acadians, Cajuns, and their history became part of American literature, often represented through romantic myth.

Few other movements in the American literary scene evoke exotic images rivaling those conjured by Louisiana's Creole writers.

Sidonie de la Houssaye wrote about nineteenth-century Creole society.

Louisiana women have written about life in the state since before the Civil War, presenting their views of its unique society and landscape.