This comparative study of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather combines biographical, historical, and literary analyses to reveal the profound similarities in their theories of fiction, their understanding of the interconnectedness of place, culture, and experience, and their concerns about American culture.
This comparative study of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather combines biographical, historical, and literary analyses to reveal the profound similarities in their theories of fiction, their understanding of the interconnectedness of place, culture, and experience, and their concerns about American culture. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Julie Olin-Ammentorp is a professor emerita of English at Le Moyne College (Syracuse, New York). She is the author of Edith Wharton’s Writings from the Great War, editor of the Oxford World’s Classic edition of Wharton’s novel A Son at the Front, and a former member of the Board of Governors of the Willa Cather Foundation. She lives in Minnesota.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Wharton, Cather, Place, and Culture Part 1. Contexts and Intersections 1. The “Literary Aristocrat” and the Plainspoken Pioneer 2. The Land of Letters, the Kingdom of Art Part 2. The Place of Culture 3. New York City: Beauty, Business, and Hothouse Flowers 4. The West: Provinciality, Vitality, and the “Real” America 5. The Idea of France 6. Questions of Travel and Home Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Wharton, Cather, Place, and Culture Part 1. Contexts and Intersections 1. The “Literary Aristocrat” and the Plainspoken Pioneer 2. The Land of Letters, the Kingdom of Art Part 2. The Place of Culture 3. New York City: Beauty, Business, and Hothouse Flowers 4. The West: Provinciality, Vitality, and the “Real” America 5. The Idea of France 6. Questions of Travel and Home Notes Bibliography Index
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