ISBN: 9780803232792

Willa Catherâ??s fiction frequently plays out on â??the divide," the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Catherâ??s own life … Mehr…

Willa Catherâ??s fiction frequently plays out on â??the divide," the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Catherâ??s own life played out on a divide as well, deliberately measured out between different roles and personae that made their way into her writing. On the Divide analyzes the iconic image that Cather helped develop for herself, in contrast to the anonymous face she adopted for promotional activities and the very different private self she shared only with friends and family. Delving into Catherâ??s correspondence and the little-known promotional material she produced anonymously, David Porter provides new insight into the extentâ??and directionâ??of her control. He also considers the contrasting influences of Mary Baker Eddy, whose biography Cather ghostwrote, and Sarah Orne Jewett on the authorâ??s emerging artistic persona. The study goes on to explore the many ways in which these â??divides" in Catherâ??s life found expression in her writing. Extending from Catherâ??s early stories to her final novel, Porterâ??s book documents the degree to which Catherâ??s understanding of her own different and often conflicting sides, and of her penchant for playing diverse roles, enabled her as a novelist to create characters so torn, so complex, and so profoundly human. | On The Divide by David Porter Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, David Porter<

ISBN: 9780803232792

Willa Cather’s fiction frequently plays out on “the divide," the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Cather’s own life played… Mehr…

Willa Cather’s fiction frequently plays out on “the divide," the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Cather’s own life played out on a divide as well, deliberately measured out between different roles and personae that made their way into her writing. On the Divide analyzes the iconic image that Cather helped develop for herself, in contrast to the anonymous face she adopted for promotional activities and the very different private self she shared only with friends and family. Delving into Cather’s correspondence and the little-known promotional material she produced anonymously, David Porter provides new insight into the extent—and direction—of her control. He also considers the contrasting influences of Mary Baker Eddy, whose biography Cather ghostwrote, and Sarah Orne Jewett on the author’s emerging artistic persona. The study goes on to explore the many ways in which these “divides" in Cather’s life found expression in her writing. Extending from Cather’s early stories to her final novel, Porter’s book documents the degree to which Cather’s understanding of her own different and often conflicting sides, and of her penchant for playing diverse roles, enabled her as a novelist to create characters so torn, so complex, and so profoundly human. | On The Divide by David Porter Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, David Porter<

ISBN: 9780803232792

Paperback, [PU: University of Nebraska Press], Willa Cather's fiction frequently plays out on "the divide", the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. T… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: University of Nebraska Press], Willa Cather's fiction frequently plays out on "the divide", the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Cather's own life played out on a divide as well, deliberately measured out between different roles and personae that made their way into her writing., Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers<