Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism

Name: Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism
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ISBN: 9780375712951

ISBN-10: 037571295X

ISBN-13: 9780375712951

Edition: 2002

Authors: Joan Acocella

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In this brilliant, impassioned and controversial book, New Yorker critic Joan Acocella argues that twentieth-century literary critics from the Left and Right have misused Willa Cather and her works for their own political ends, and, in doing so, have either ignored or obscured her true literary achievement. In an acute and often very funny critique of the critics, Acocella untangles Cather's reputation from decades of politically motivated misreadings, and proposes her own clear-headed view of Cather’s genius. At once a graceful summary of Cather's life and work, and a refreshing plea that books be read for themselves, Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism will also inspire readers to…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.19" wide x 8.00" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Author's Note


Prologue



The Darkling Plain



Youth



Cather and Her Critics: 1910s-1940s



Cather and Her Critics: 1950s-1960s



Cather and the Feminists: The Problem



Cather and the Feminists: The Solution



Politics and Criticism



The Tragic Sense of Life



Red Cloud


Notes


Bibliography


Index