Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism
- ISBN-10
- 0803210469
- ISBN-13
- 9780803210462
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 127
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Joan Ross Acocella
Description
Defending Willa Cather against historical and critical distortions, the author argues that Cather's central vision was a tragic vision of the human condition rather than a firm political agenda.
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