Willa Cather and the politics of criticism
By: Joan Acocella.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Cather, Willa, -- 1873-1947 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History; Cather, Willa, -- 1873-1947 -- Political and social views; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Criticism -- Political aspects -- United States
Description: "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. This 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-120) and index.
Table of contents: title: The darkling plain; title: Youth; title: Cather and her critics: 1910s-1940s; title: Cather and her critics: 1950s-1960s; title: Cather and the feminists: the problem; title: Cather and the feminists: the solution; title: Politics and criticism; title: The tragic sense of life; title: Red cloud.