Tag Archives: Acadie

Revisiting Evangeline: history, myth, literature, cinema and theater

A Tale of Acadie

Found in my Franco-American stacks, I came across Jeffrey Houdlette’s  2004, essay titled “The Cajun Connection”. His essay reminded me, once again, about how important and enduring a metaphor the fictional character of Evangeline is for representing Acadian history. In a mythical way, Evangeline is the symbolic ancestor related to all people of Acadian heritage. […]

Evangeline and the movie star Dolores del Rio

Evangeline Dolores del Rio

On August 3, when the popular graphic “Google Doodle” featured the birthday of the elegant film star Dolores Del Rio, the beautiful image description omitted one of the most famous movie roles played by this popular actress. She was the star of “Evangeline“, the silent movie dramatization of the epic poem, published in 1847 and […]