Although generations of readers have derived enormous satisfaction from the victories of Willa Cather's great woman characters, and recent lesbian critics and others have triumphantly claimed her as a lesbian writer, few readers or critics have noticed the strain of mistrust for most women that runs through virtually all of Cather's work. This study traces the troubling undercurrent of misogyny signalled by isolation and masquerade in Cather's fiction.
It also discusses the ways it affects her portrayals of all her female characters, and how we as readers may respond.
| ISBN: | 9780820417646 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 1993 |
| Author: | Frances W Kaye |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 204 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Language teaching theory and methods Gender studies: women and girls |
Although generations of readers have derived enormous satisfaction from the victories of Willa Cather's great woman characters, and recent lesbian critics and others have triumphantly claimed her as a lesbian writer, few readers or critics have noticed the strain of mistrust for most women that runs through virtually all of Cather's work. This study traces the troubling undercurrent of misogyny signalled by isolation and masquerade in Cather's fiction.
Isolation and Masquerade features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Language teaching theory and methods, Gender studies: women and girls
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Isolation and Masquerade was written by Frances W Kaye and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Isolation and Masquerade has 204 pages
Yes it is part of American University Studies. series