Bibliograph

Readings on My Antonia, Christopher Smith, book editor

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Readings on My Antonia, Christopher Smith, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-197) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Readings on My Antonia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

44979788

Responsibility statement

Christopher Smith, book editor

Series statement

The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature

Summary

Presents sixteen essays on twentieth-century American writer Willa Cather's novel "My Antonia," plus a biography of Cather and introductory discussion of the novel's characters and plot

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Willa Cather : a biography -- Characters and plot -- 1. Autobiographical and historical background of My Antonia -- Annie Pavelka : Willa Cather's inspiration for Antonia / James L. Woodress ; Nebraska's significance for Willa Cather / Doris Grumbach ; My Antonia and immigration on the American frontier / Sally Allen McNall -- 2. My Antonia's structure, setting, and themes -- Structure of My Antonia / James E. Miller Jr. ; American pastoral / David Stouck ; American epic / John H. Randall III ; Inset stories and the presence of evil / Michael Peterman ; Struggle to maintain innocence / Robert E. Scholes ; Strength of women and the weakness of men / Susan J. Rosowski -- 3. Character and character foils in My Antonia -- Parallel and divergent paths of Jim and Antonia / Wallace Stegner ; Land and Antonia Shimerda are fused into one / Mary Kemper Sternshein ; Black Hawk : a foil for My Antonia's characters / Anthony Channell Hilfer ; American dream shapes My Antonia's characters / Sally Peltier Harvey ; Willa Cather's impressionist portraits of Antonia and Lena / Edward J. Piacentino -- 4. Critical debates over My Antonia -- Antonia becomes a lifeless object rather than a living character / William J. Stuckey ; Flawed but impressive achievement / David Daiches

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My Antonia

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