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Readings on My Antonia
Presents sixteen essays on twentieth-century American writer Willa Cather's novel "My Antonia," plus a biography of Cather and introductory discussion of the novel's characters and plot
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Readings on My Antonia / Christopher Smith, book editor |
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San Diego (CA) :
Greenhaven Press
, cop. 2001 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (207 p.) |
| Collection : | The Greenhaven press literary companion to American literature |
| Contenu : | Foreword. Introduction. Willa Cather : a biography. Characters and plot. 1. Autobiographical and historical background of My Antonia. Annie Pavelka : Willa Cather's inspiration for Antonia / James L. Woodress ; Nebraska's significance for Willa Cather / Doris Grumbach ; My Antonia and immigration on the American frontier / Sally Allen McNall. 2. My Antonia's structure, setting, and themes. Structure of My Antonia / James E. Miller Jr. ; American pastoral / David Stouck ; American epic / John H. Randall III ; Inset stories and the presence of evil / Michael Peterman ; Struggle to maintain innocence / Robert E. Scholes ; Strength of women and the weakness of men / Susan J. Rosowski. 3. Character and character foils in My Antonia. Parallel and divergent paths of Jim and Antonia / Wallace Stegner ; Land and Antonia Shimerda are fused into one / Mary Kemper Sternshein ; Black Hawk : a foil for My Antonia's characters / Anthony Channell Hilfer ; American dream shapes My Antonia's characters / Sally Peltier Harvey ; Willa Cather's impressionist portraits of Antonia and Lena / Edward J. Piacentino. 4. Critical debates over My Antonia. Antonia becomes a lifeless object rather than a living character / William J. Stuckey ; Flawed but impressive achievement / David Daiches |
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