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Willa Cather and classical myth : the search for a new Parnassus /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryder, Mary Ruth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewiston : E. Mellen Press, ©1990.
Series:Studies in American literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947 > Knowledge and learning.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947.
Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature.
Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947
Mythology
Mythology, Classical, in literature
Cather, Willa > 1873-1947
Antike
Mythologie
Mythos
Rezeption
Griechenland > Altertum
Mythologie.
Cather, Willa.
English fiction
United States
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Cather's classical background
  • Vanishing Arcadia, vanishing Gods: the early stories and April Twilights
  • Mythic struggle in The Troll Garden
  • Alexander to Alexandra: the apotheosis of the epic hero
  • The matriarchy realized: The Song of the Lark and My Antonia
  • the decay of the Hippolytean ideal
  • Unrecoverable origins: the mythic quests of Godfrey St. Peter and Myra Henshawe
  • Toward a Christian mythos: Willa Cather's last novels and stories.