Willa Cather and the politics of criticism / by Joan Acocella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acocella, Joan Ross.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Criticism and interpretation--History.

Cather, Willa.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.

Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Criticism--Political aspects.

Political and social views.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

United States.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Political and social views.

Criticism--United States--History--20th century.

Criticism.

Criticism--Political aspects--United States.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

127 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2000]

Summary:

In this impassioned and controversial essay, New Yorker writer Joan Acocella accuses literary critics of obscuring the brilliance of a great American writer and offers a witty and engaging defense of Willa Cather and her work.

Joan Acocella's acute and often very funny critique of the critics untangles Cather's reputation from decades of politically motivated misreadings and proposes her own view of Cather's genius. Serving also as a concise and graceful summary of Cather's life and work, Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism is a refreshing plea that books be read for themselves, and will inspire readers to return to one of America's literary stars.

Contents:

1 The Darkling Plain 3

2 Youth 7

3 Cather and Her Critics: 1910s-1940s 17

4 Cather and Her Critics: 1950s-1960s 31

5 Cather and the Feminists: The Problem 37

6 Cather and the Feminists: The Solution 45

7 Politics and Criticism 67

8 The Tragic Sense of Life 77

9 Red Cloud 91.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0803210469

OCLC:

41621314