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Willa Cather and Aestheticism
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In this collection of essays, contributors investigate the various connections between Willa Cather's fiction and her aesthetic beliefs and practices. Including multiple perspectives and critical approachesāderived from the Aesthetic Movement, the visual arts, modernism, and the relationship between art and religionāthis collection will increase our understanding of Cather's aesthetic and lead to a better comprehension of her work and her life.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: The Aesthetic Movement
- Chapter 1: Exit Smiling
- Chapter 2: Innocence and Experience, Good and Evil, and Doppelgangers
- Chapter 3: Willa Catherās Time Machine
- Chapter 4: Aestheticism and the Dispossessed
- Chapter 5: Willa Catherās Disenchanted Epicurean
- Part II: The Visual Arts
- Chapter 6: The Arts and Crafts on Willa Catherās Frontier
- Chapter 7: Catherās āTwilight Stageā
- Chapter 8: Willa Cather, the Nabi of Red Cloud
- Chapter 9: Blessed Damsels, Lost Ladies, and Catherās Real Women
- Chapter 10: Fernand LĆ©ger and Willa Catherās āComing, Aphrodite!ā
- Part III: Movement toward Modernism
- Chapter 11: āThe Nude Had Descended the Staircaseā
- Chapter 12: With the āHand, Fastidious and Boldā
- Chapter 13: From British Aestheticism to American Modernism
- Part IV: Art and Religion
- Chapter 14: Willa Catherās Sheltering Art
- About the Editors and Contributors
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