Other Great Websites of Interest

If you are interested in Cajun culture, or Evangeline, here are some web sites that you'll find interesting:

University of Virginia Complete text of the English version of "Evangeline," along with pictures of the original illustrations from the poem. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/browse-mixed?id=LonEvan&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed

Fondation CODOFIL Fondation CODOFIL is a non-profit agency dedicated to promoting and preserving Francophone language, music and culture in Louisiana. You can visit their web site at: www.codofil.org. Also, the state agency CODOFIL has a web site at: http://www.codofil.org/CODOFIL/index.html.

Louisiana State University, Department of French and Italian Home of the EvangelineWeb (this project), also has several other links to Francophone studies projects. They also have a wonderful Cajun Studies program which is coming soon to: http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/fai/Cajun/cajun.html. http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/fai/

University of Southwestern Louisiana, Center for Louisiana Studies Staffed by some of the most knowledgable faculty members in the country, regarding Cajun history and culture. Here you can discuss issues with such esteemed professors as Dr. Glenn Conrad and Dr. Carl Brasseaux. Dr. Brasseaux has written several excellent books on Cajun history, which are available for purchase from the department. http://www.usl.edu/Departments/Center.La.Studies/

University of Maine, Fort Kent campus Topics include Acadian History and Genealogy, Biography of Longfellow, and other writings about Evangeline. The "River Review" is a literary work which "presents A Special Sesquicentennial Collection of Scholarship and Creative Writing concerning Longfellow's Evangeline, with contributions from: Pierre-Yves Barbier, Béatrice Craig, Ernest Dick, Marc Gagné, Lisa Ornstein, and Deborah Robichaud. One of the great features is an entire section dedicated to an "Evangeline Resource List: A Selected Bibliography, Discography, and Filmography" Evangeline related works, including translations, interpretations, audio readings, unpublished works, and derivative works. Many are in French. See this at: http://www.umfk.maine.edu/evangeline/resource.htm. Also, read "Evangeline: an Overview," by Dr. Bernard Quetchenbach at http://www.umfk.maine.edu/evangeline/benny.htm. It contains many interesting passages about Longfellow, critiques of Evangeline, and an analysis of the poem. Finally, you may visit a page full, and we do mean full, of other Evangeline related links: http://www.umfk.maine.edu/evangeline/links.htm. Main site: http://www.umfk.maine.edu/evangeline/main.htm

Acadia and Evangeline: Historical Perspectives Topics include Artforms of Acadia, Life after the Deportation, The Story behind Evangeline, Justice, Historical Aspects of Acadia, Historical Debate over the Expulsion of the Acadians, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Acadian People and their Land, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Louisiana http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~jay/pages/evangel.html

Zyde.com A fun site promoting Louisiana Cajun (and other types) music. If you love Cajun, zarico, Jazz, or Swamp Pop music, check this one out! http://members.aol.com/zaricom/page1.htm   The Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture A commercial web site that has lots of Cajun resources - everything from information about Abbeville to zarico. Focus is on music and tourist attractions, as well as other areas. This is a very good site. http://www.cajunculture.com

Longfellow biography: http://www.etsu.edu/english/muse/longbio.html

Donna Apgar, Professeur de français, Central Piedmont Community College http://cww.cpcc.cc.nc.us/english/donnaapgar/index.htm A wonderful, general site for French studies, including chat rooms and Internet activities.

Evangeline- Texte Complet avec illustrations d'une version de derniere heure: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/browse-mixed?id=LonEvan&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed   Explorez la Nova Scotia (belles images) http://www.ccn.cs.dal.ca/Recreation/ExploreNS/   Biographie de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Images et texte, information des origines http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/longfellow.html   Pre grand National Emplacement historique Photographies de Pre Grand/ Wolfville région, Evangeline Statue. http://www.acadiau.ca/wolfville/   Acadian Projet Commémoratif http://www.pwcweb.com/usapages/acadian/   La. Dept. de Culture, Récréation, et Tourisme http://www.doa.state.la.us/crt/CRT.HTM or http://www.state.la.us/crt/cajuncon.htm   Acadia et Evangeline: Perspectives historiques Très bon texte de qualité avec des images http://www.wwu.edu/~jay/pages/evangel.html   Unwebpage historique et culturel appelé "Acadian Odyssey" et peut être accédé à: www.schoolnet.ca/collections   Cajun Life Tour Site Commercial, but fun site of things to do in Cajun Louisiana. Features events, attractions, festivals, and places to eat and visit. http://www.cajunlife.com   Bec Doux et Ses Amis http://vpsd5.vrml.k12.la.us/~ecomeaux/   Cajun French Music Association (CFMA) Dedicated to promoting Cajun French music, this site also hosts a Cajun music Hall of Fame, radio programs, biographies, a discussion group, some historical information. A very good site. Biographies of Cajun and zarico musicians: http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/biographies/ and http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/   Gary Hayman's ZydE-Magic Music & Dance Site http://www.erols.com/ghayman/   LouisianaRadio.com Music? Sure, we have Music. Louisianaradio.com specializes in broadcasting Louisiana music over the Internet. In addition to Cajun music, the firm broadcasts French language broadcasts on Sundays, as well as zarico, and other forms of Louisiana music. Visit them at: http://www.louisianaradio.com   Acadia CD-ROM: Portage, Inc. The Acadia CD-Rom is a multimedia encyclopedia of Acadian history and culture. This CD-Rom includes over 200,000 words of printable text, 500 photographs, original historical maps and samples of both popular and traditional Acadian music. Download the Demo! PC or Macintosh http://www.portageinc.com/emain.html Pelican Publishing Company P.O. Box 3110 Gretna, Louisiana 70054 1 (800) 843-1724 1 (888) 5-PELICAN     The Cajun Ring WOW! An entire list of Cajun-related web sites of all types. There are dozens here. Start your journey at http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/3785/cajunring.htm Creole, Inc. To learn more about Creole history and culture, please visit http://www.creoleinc.com/home.htm.