Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture / Julie Olin-Ammentorp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olin-Ammentorp, Julie, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Culture in literature.

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

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

""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 theories of fiction, their understanding of human nature, and their concerns about American culture. Employing the dual meanings of both "place" (as location and as status) and "culture" (as general culture and "high" culture), Julie Olin-Ammentorp offers a new view of the resonances between these two authors and their works, focusing on their shared concern about the culture of place and the place of culture in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496216885

1496216881

9781496216908

1496216903

OCLC:

1111736561