Understanding O Pioneers! and My Antonia: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

Understanding O Pioneers! and My Antonia: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
ISBN-10
0313313903
ISBN-13
9780313313905
Category
Frontier and pioneer life in literature
Pages
223
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Sheryl L. Meyering

Description

By situating Cather's two novels within their historical contexts, this casebook sheds light on important social issues of the time such as the decline of the family farm and the immigrant's dream of a better life in America, some of which are still relevant today.

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