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Seeking a felicitous space on the frontier : the progression of the modern American woman in O.E. Rölvaag, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Willa Cather /

Title
Seeking a felicitous space on the frontier : the progression of the modern American woman in O.E. Rölvaag, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Willa Cather / Lance E. Weldy.
Author
Weldy, Lance.
Publication
Stuttgart : ibidem Verlag, c2010.
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Description
viii, 108 p.; 29 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in English literatures, 1614-4651 ; v. 14
Uniform Title
Studies in English literatures ; Bd. 14.
Subject
  • Cather, Willa, 1873-1947
  • Frontier and pioneer life in literature
  • Personal space in literature
  • Rølvaag, O. E. 1876-1931
  • Space (Architecture) in literature
  • Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957
  • Women in literature
  • Women pioneers in literature
Note
  • Based on the author's Thesis (Ph. D.)--Texas A & M University-Commerce, 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-108).
Contents
Constructing a felicitous space : theories of space and gender and historical backgrounds -- Beret's madness in open spacee : oppressive dialectics and the elusiveness of felicitous space in Giants in the earth -- Expanding Bachelard's Dialectice of outside/inside to redefine feminine spatiality in Little house on the prairie -- Successfully inhabiting hybrid spaces : Ántonia's gender fluidity -- Conclusion : the culmination of female frontier experiences.
ISBN
  • 3898215350
  • 9783898215350
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library