The Voyage Perilous: Willa Cather's RomanticismUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1986 - 284 páginas They Voyage Perilous is the first extended interpretation of Willa Cather's writing within the literary tradition of romanticism. Although she partook of the familiar subjects and themes of the Wordsworthian school of romanticism, Cather was not nearly so concerned with what we see as how we see. Her intensely individual perspective, more creatively romantic than has been previously recognized, gave her work its own kind of elegant form.
Susan J. Rosowski argues that Willa Cather early took up the romantic challenge to vindicate imaginative thought in a world threatened by materialism, then pursued it with remarkable consistency throughout her career. The early essays and stories set out the terms of this life-long commitment. In the early novels Cather celebrates imaginative possibilities; in the middle ones she present increasingly desperate circumstances, asking what is left when the imagination is eclipsed by commercial values; in the late novels she writes in a Gothic mode, the dark counterspirit to optimistic romanticism.
The book is organized chronologically, with a chapter devoted to each novel. The chapters can be read independently or as part of a unified argument providing a larger picture. |
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... seemed to draw things together like . And they were all old neighbours in the graveyard , most of them friends ; there was nothing to feel awkward or embarrassed about . For the conclusion Cather moves outside the Rosicky family to ...
... seemed to her as a child , who didn't notice certain things and exaggerated others , who looked up at her world and , especially , at the two men she admired . R. E. Dillon was the biggest banker of the community and the proprietor of ...
... seemed secure and inviting , seemed suddenly " in ruins " and tomblike : " The air was still and cold like the air in a refrigerating - room . What I felt was fear ; I was afraid to look or speak or move . Everything about me seemed ...
Contenido
The Discovered Self | 3 |
O Pioneers Willa Cathers New World Pastoral | 45 |
The Growth of an Artists Mind | 62 |
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