Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the place of culture /

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""Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture," the first comparative study of Wharton and Cather in thirty years, combines biographical, historical, and literary analyses with approaches focused on place and on aesthetics to reveal the profound similarities in their theorie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Olin-Ammentorp, Julie, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947.
Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937.
Cather, Willa > 1873-1947
Wharton, Edith > 1862-1937
1900-1999
Culture in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Culture dans la littérature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
Literature and society.
Gesellschaft > Motiv
Kultur > Motiv
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Wharton, Cather, place, and culture
  • Contexts and intersections
  • The "literary aristocrat" and the plain-spoken pioneer
  • The land of letters, the kingdom of art
  • The place of culture
  • New York City: beauty, business, and hothouse flowers
  • The West: provinciality, vitality, and the "real" America
  • The idea of France
  • Questions of travel and home.

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