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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965264903321

Autore

Acocella Joan Ross

Titolo

Willa Cather and the politics of criticism / / Joan Acocella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2000

ISBN

9786610424269

9781280424267

1280424265

9780803206496

0803206496

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

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

Criticism - United States - History - 20th century

Criticism - Political aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-120) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.