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Author Olin-Ammentorp, Julie, 1959- author.

Title Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the place of culture / Julie Olin-Ammentorp.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

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Summary ""Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture," the first comparative study of Wharton and Cather in thirty years, combines biographical, historical, and literary analyses with approaches focused on place and on aesthetics to reveal the profound similarities in their theories of fiction, their understanding of human nature, and their concerns about American culture. Employing the dual meanings of both "place" (as location and as status) and "culture" (as general culture and "high" culture), Julie Olin-Ammentorp offers a new view of the resonances between these two authors and their works, focusing on their shared concern about the culture of place and the place of culture in the United States"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Wharton, Cather, place, and culture -- Contexts and intersections -- The "literary aristocrat" and the plain-spoken pioneer -- The land of letters, the kingdom of art -- The place of culture -- New York City: beauty, business, and hothouse flowers -- The West: provinciality, vitality, and the "real" America -- The idea of France -- Questions of travel and home.
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Subject Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Culture in literature.
Culture in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Literature and society.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject United States.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Olin-Ammentorp, Julie, 1959- Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the place of culture. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019] 9781496203243 (DLC) 2018049387 (OCoLC)1079400125
ISBN 9781496216908 (electronic book)
1496216903 (electronic book)
9781496203243
1496203240
9781496216885 (epub)
9781496216892 (mobi)