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Willa Cather and the politics of criticism / Joan Acocella.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acocella, Joan Ross.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- Criticism--Political aspects--United States.
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Criticism and interpretation--History.
- Cather, Willa.
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Expanding on her absorbing and controversial 1995 New Yorker article, Joan Acocella examines the politics of Willa Cather criticism: how Cather's work has been seized upon and often distorted by critics on both the left and the right. Acocella argues that the central element of Cather's works was not a political agenda but rather a tragic vision of life. This beautifully written book makes a significant contribution to Cather studies and, at the same time, points out the follies of political criticism in the study of all literature.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-120) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610424269
- 9781280424267
- 1280424265
- 9780803206496
- 0803206496
- OCLC:
- 70769039
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