Willa Cather's Lucy Gayheart and Franz Schubert's Winterreise: A Study in Intertextualtity Contributor(s): Davidson, Marianne (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631735944 ISBN-13: 9783631735947 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $66.33 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 813.52 |
LCCN: 2017055719 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (0.66 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Italy - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This monograph restores Willa Cather's Lucy Gayheart from superficial attention and dismissive criticism. Departing from textual evidence, it reads the novel in the light of its own intertext: Wilhelm Müller's and Franz Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey). The identification of startling parallels between the eligist of the American pioneer period and representatives of literary and musical German romanticism elicits new subtexts and insights. Novel and song cycle share themes such as the blending of memory, desire and imagination or a tragic vision of life offset by the search for transcendental meaning. Conclusively, both works result in ambivalence by oscillating between romanticism and modernism. |