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03055aam a2200493 i 4500 001 64637948FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181030s2019 nbuab b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018049387 020 $a 1496203240 020 $a 9781496203243 035 $a (OCoLC)1079400125 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d CLO $d YDX $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3545.H16 $b Z754 2019 082 00 $a 813/.5209 $2 23 100 1 $a Olin-Ammentorp, Julie, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the place of culture / $c Julie Olin-Ammentorp. 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiii, 386 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a ""Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture," the first comparative study of Wharton and Cather in thirty years, combines biographical, historical, and literary analyses with approaches focused on place and on aesthetics to reveal the profound similarities in their theories of fiction, their understanding of human nature, and their concerns about American culture. Employing the dual meanings of both "place" (as location and as status) and "culture" (as general culture and "high" culture), Julie Olin-Ammentorp offers a new view of the resonances between these two authors and their works, focusing on their shared concern about the culture of place and the place of culture in the United States."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Wharton, Cather, place, and culture -- Contexts and intersections -- The "literary aristocrat" and the plain-spoken pioneer -- The land of letters, the kingdom of art -- The place of culture -- New York City: beauty, business, and hothouse flowers -- The West: provinciality, vitality, and the "real" America -- The idea of France -- Questions of travel and home. 600 10 $a Wharton, Edith, $d 1862-1937 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Cather, Willa, $d 1873-1947 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Cather, Willa, $d 1873-1947. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00050013 600 17 $a Wharton, Edith, $d 1862-1937. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00048127 650 0 $a Culture in literature. 650 0 $a Place (Philosophy) in literature. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Culture in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00885113 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 650 7 $a Place (Philosophy) in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01064981 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217025033.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105022459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=64637948FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search