Felicitous space : the imaginative structures of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather / Judith Fryer.

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Fryer, Judith, 1939-

Title & Author:

Felicitous space : the imaginative structures of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather / Judith Fryer.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-395) and index.
Women and Space -- From White City to Herland -- Edith Wharton -- Argument by Design -- Urban Pastoral -- Purity and Power -- "Making Up"-and Making Up -- The Figure in the Landscape: "Winter" and "Summer" -- Willa Cather -- Another Way of Telling -- Novel of the Soil -- Body, Memory, Architecture -- Felicitous Space -- The Flowering of Desire.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Turning to the period of "America's coming of age," Judith Fryer offers a woman-centered inquiry into the actual and imagined spaces women inhabit, perceive, and create. She provides a full, critical analysis of the role of space in the writings of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather as well as an original view of the meaning of space for educated women in an era whose traditional landmarks are the frontier, the rise of the city, and World War I. In describing the way in which Wharton and Cather explore and inscribe their own experiences, Fryer focuses on their imaginative structures, from Wharton's meticulously conceived interiors, which include all that the eye can encompass, to Cather's unfurnished rooms and landscapes, which are her physical and spiritual correlatives. - Back cover.

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ISBN:

0807816558
9780807816554
0807841358 (pbk.)
9780807841358 (pbk.)

Subject:

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 Criticism and interpretation.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
Cather, Willa 1873-1947
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Wharton, Edith.
Cather, Willa.
American fiction 20th century History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature United States History 20th century.
Women and literature United States History 20th century.
American fiction Women authors History and criticism.
Feminist fiction History and criticism.
Space (Architecture) in literature.
Roman américain 20e siècle Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Espace (Architecture) dans la littérature.
American fiction.
American fiction Women authors.
Feminism and literature.
Feminist fiction.
Women and literature.
Feminismus
Frauenbewegung
Imagination
Literaturtheorie
American fiction Women authors 20th century History and criticism.
United States.
USA
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 -- Criticism and interpretation
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism

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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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Location: Library main 108267
Call No.: ID:86-B21798
Status: Available

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