| Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism Contributor(s): Acocella, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803210469 ISBN-13: 9780803210462 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 99036773 |
| Lexile Measure: 1180 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.8" W x 8.81" (0.66 lbs) 127 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. A staff writer for the New Yorker, Joan Acocella is the author of Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder and Mark Morris, and the editor of The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky. |