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Willa Cather in Context: Progress, Race, Empire
Guy Reynolds
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Hardcover. Drawing on a range of material from archives in the US and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. It explores "progressivism", "primitivism" and "Americanization" in such novels as "My Antonia" and "O Pioneers!". Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Drawing on a range of material from archives in the USA and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. Reynolds explores 'progressivism', 'primitivism' and 'Americanization' in such novels as My Antonia and O Pioneers! Willa Cather in Context develops interdisciplinary readings of this important Nebraskan novelist, placing her as a writer actively engaged with many of the key debates of early twentieth-century America, from immigration to evolutionary theory.
Drawing on a range of material from archives in the USA and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. Reynolds explores 'progressivism', 'primitivism' and 'Americanization' in such novels as My Antonia and O Pioneers! Willa Cather in Context develops interdisciplinary readings of this important Nebraskan novelist, placing her as a writer actively engaged with many of the key debates of early twentieth-century America, from immigration to evolutionary theory.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333634516
SKU
V9780333634516
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