A study of the antimaterialistic themes in Willa Cather's major novels

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dc.contributor.advisorPhillips, Anne R.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDorough, C. Dwight
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDaniels, R. Balfour
dc.creatorJohnsen, Alice
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-28T20:56:56Z
dc.date.available2022-11-28T20:56:56Z
dc.date.issued1954
dc.description.abstractDuring her lifetime, Willa Cather wrote and had published twelve novels, eight of which critics generally consider her major works. These eight books display the anti-materialistic theme common to all her novels. In the first chapter of this thesis the critical opinion of Cather's novels is reviewed. Then the way in which she constructed her major novels around an anti-materialistic theme is discussed. The novels, all of which used the virtues of the American pioneers to emphasize the theme, fall into three groups: the novels of the land, the anti-progress novels, and the novels showing reverence for the past. [...]
dc.description.departmentEnglish, Department of
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dc.identifier.other13997553
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/12693
dc.language.isoen
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dc.titleA study of the antimaterialistic themes in Willa Cather's major novels
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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