S. Durrans, The Influence of French Culture on Willa Cather: Intertextual References and Resonances

Stéphanie DURRANS, The Influence of French Culture on Willa Cather : Intertextual References and Resonances

Ceredigion / Lewiston, Mellen Press, 2008, 304 p.
EAN : 9780773452398


RÉSUMÉ

This is the first full-length study to address the complex issues involved in Cather's relationship to France and to the many French writers (Zola, Flaubert, Sand, France, Mérimée, Loti, etc.) that keep cropping up in her literary and journalistic output. The author traces the intellectual and artistic roots that nourished Cather's writing and examines the dynamic relationship between American and French literatures.


TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Foreword by James Woodress
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Romantic Landscapes: Reclaiming the Wilderness
2 Inner Realms of Adventure: Willa Cather's Search for a Voice of Her Own
3 Willa Cather's Pastoral Symphony: From O Pioneers! to My Ántonia
4 Searching for New Models of Femininity in the Modern World
5 “The Road Is All”: Willa Cather's Representation of History
6 The Era of Suspicion: Desire, Art and Religion
7 “The Thing Not Named”: Willa Cather's Use of the French Language
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index