02477nam 22006374a 450 991096526490332120200520144314.097866104242699781280424267128042426597808032064960803206496(CKB)1000000000008583(OCoLC)70769039(CaPaEBR)ebrary5002697(SSID)ssj0000285600(PQKBManifestationID)11208292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285600(PQKBWorkID)10321140(PQKB)10604021(MiAaPQ)EBC3039271(Au-PeEL)EBL3039271(CaPaEBR)ebr5002697(OCoLC)923703460(Perlego)4519580(EXLCZ)99100000000000858319990622d2000 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWilla Cather and the politics of criticism /Joan Acocella1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20001 online resource (139 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780803210462 0803210469 Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-120) and index.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. Politics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCriticismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCriticismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and literatureHistoryCriticismHistoryCriticismPolitical aspects813/.52Acocella Joan Ross791928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965264903321Willa Cather and the politics of criticism4360170UNINA