Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up (Paperback)

by Hermione Lee (Author)
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Willa Cather, widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of this century, has also been dismissed in certain circles as a nostalgist, a cranky critic of the modern world. In Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up, Hermione Lee offers an alternative interpretation of a writer whose life and work were marked by fracture and dislocation, carefully suppressed or camouflaged desires, and a greater interest in the craft of writing than in an old-fashioned longing for rural simplicity. By analyzing the language and entering the landscapes of Cather’s fiction, Lee offers a perceptive account of this famously private woman, discovering an unrivaled imagination, a complexity wrongly interpreted as conservatism, and a writer like no one else.

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Willa Cather, widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of this century, has also been dismissed in certain circles as a nostalgist, a cranky critic of the modern world. In Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up, Hermione Lee offers an alternative interpretation of a writer whose life and work were marked by fracture and dislocation, carefully suppressed or camouflaged desires, and a greater interest in the craft of writing than in an old-fashioned longing for rural simplicity. By analyzing the language and entering the landscapes of Cather’s fiction, Lee offers a perceptive account of this famously private woman, discovering an unrivaled imagination, a complexity wrongly interpreted as conservatism, and a writer like no one else. Among Hermione Lee’s books are Elizabeth Bowen: An Estimation, Willa Cather: Double Lives, and the acclaimed Virginia Woolf.

• Paperback: 409 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860492924
• ISBN-13: 978-1860492921
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
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