Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet
- ISBN-10
- 0700606548
- ISBN-13
- 9780700606542
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Author
- John E. Miller
Description
"As Laura Ingalls Wilder anticipated, her widely loved stories of her prairie childhood have become much more than a nostalgic blend of myth, memories, and autobiography. As John Miller reveals, they have much to tell us about the historical realities of day-to-day living and attitudes in the nineteenth century." "History and literature are closely intertwined, Miller contends. Here he illustrates how Wilder's novels enhance our understanding of history and how, simultaneously, a historical perspective framed Wilder's fiction. He shows how Wilder interwove content and form to produce a sentimental and compelling yet nuanced and believable picture of family life on the agricultural frontier."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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