{"product_id":"edith-wharton-willa-cather-and-the-place-of-culture-paperback","title":"Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and the Place of Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Olin-Ammentorp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdith Wharton and Willa Cather wrote many of the most enduring American novels from the first half of the twentieth century, including Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e, and Cather's \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Ántonia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath Comes for the Archbishop\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet despite their perennial popularity and their status as major American novelists, Wharton (1862-1937) and Cather (1873-1947) have rarely been studied together. Indeed, Wharton is seen as \"our literary aristocrat,\" an author who chronicles the lives of the East Coast, Europe-bound elite, while Cather is considered a prairie populist who describes the lives of rugged Western pioneers. But these depictions neglect the striking and important ways the works of these two authors intersect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first comparative study of Wharton and Cather in more than thirty years, this book reveals Wharton's and Cather's parallel experiences of dislocation, their relationship to each other as writers, and the profound similarities in their theories of fiction. Julie Olin-Ammentorp explores the importance of literary and geographic place in their lives and works, including the role of New York City, the American West, France, and travel. In doing so she reveals the two authors' shared concern about the culture of place and the place of culture in the United States. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Olin-Ammentorp\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emerita of English at Le Moyne College (Syracuse, New York). She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton's Writings from the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of the Oxford World's Classic edition of Wharton's novel \u003ci\u003eA Son at the Front\u003c\/i\u003e, and a former member of the Board of Governors of the Willa Cather Foundation. She lives in Minnesota. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53086419026227,"sku":"9781496244604","price":63.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TJELK3NbW_9781496244604.webp?v=1772054703","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/edith-wharton-willa-cather-and-the-place-of-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}