Introduction Fleeting Moments of Beauty: A Literary Analysis of O Pioneers! and My Ántonia Everyday Life on the Plains The Coming of the Railroad Another Country, Another Language: Foreign Born Pioneers Women on the Frontier The Disappearance of the Family Farm Index
By situating Cather's two novels within their historical contexts, this casebook sheds light on important social issues of the time such as the decline of the family farm and the immigrant's dream of a better life in America, some of which are still relevant today.
SHERYL L. MEYERING is Professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and associate editor of the literary journal Papers on Language and Literature. She is the editor of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Woman and Her Work (1989), Sylvia Plath: A Reference Guide (1990), and A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Willa Cather (1994). She has also written extensively on Nathaniel Hawthorne as well as on several 19th-century women writers.
.,."bring issues presented in the novels, up to the present day,
highlighting the enduring relevance of the works. Most of the
excerpts are brief and accesible but also timely and interesting,
making them ideal for assignments."-School Library Journal
?...bring issues presented in the novels, up to the present day,
highlighting the enduring relevance of the works. Most of the
excerpts are brief and accesible but also timely and interesting,
making them ideal for assignments.?-School Library Journal
?In addition to critique, students will find period and modern
selections on topics related to the American frontier. This
accesible volume will help readers place Willa Cather's work in the
context of her time and appreciate her continuing
relevance.?-Curriculum Connections
?Meyering's casebook should prove a valuable asset to undergraduate
students of both history and literature. The book opens with a very
brief analysis of Cather's two novels, and then, more important, it
offers historical materials related to the fiction: documents of
Cather's own prairie experiences, things that hampered the progress
of early pioneers such the invasion of locusts, the struggle to
establish new communities, and the contrast in roles and
expectations of men and women who expended these efforts.
...designed to invite young scholars to mull Cather's themes of
"the passage of time and the (healing) power of memory" and to
pursue knowledge about the places, eras, and issues relevant to
American culture.?-Choice
?The topics may interest social studies teachers as much as the
literary analysis will interest literature teachers.
Recommended?-Gale-Reference Reviews
..."bring issues presented in the novels, up to the present day,
highlighting the enduring relevance of the works. Most of the
excerpts are brief and accesible but also timely and interesting,
making them ideal for assignments."-School Library Journal
"In addition to critique, students will find period and modern
selections on topics related to the American frontier. This
accesible volume will help readers place Willa Cather's work in the
context of her time and appreciate her continuing
relevance."-Curriculum Connections
"The topics may interest social studies teachers as much as the
literary analysis will interest literature teachers.
Recommended"-Gale-Reference Reviews
"Meyering's casebook should prove a valuable asset to undergraduate
students of both history and literature. The book opens with a very
brief analysis of Cather's two novels, and then, more important, it
offers historical materials related to the fiction: documents of
Cather's own prairie experiences, things that hampered the progress
of early pioneers such the invasion of locusts, the struggle to
establish new communities, and the contrast in roles and
expectations of men and women who expended these efforts.
...designed to invite young scholars to mull Cather's themes of
"the passage of time and the (healing) power of memory" and to
pursue knowledge about the places, eras, and issues relevant to
American culture."-Choice
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