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Willa Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Series: - Dialogue, Volume: 10
- Dialogue Online, Volume: 10
Volume Editor:
Willa Catherâs The Song of the Lark, the latest in Rodopiâs Dialogue Series, is a collection of thirteen new essays exploring Catherâs 1915 classic novel about the coming-of-age of Thea Kronborg, a gifted young opera singer. As in previous editions in the Dialogue series, this volume on Catherâs novel offers analyses by both new and emerging scholars on complex and controversial issues. Specific areas of focus include: the role of the West and the railroad, race and race relations, the performing arts, as well as Catherâs complex construction of âcultureâ throughout the novel. Theaâs role as a possible feminist icon receives a fresh, insightful look, while other writers explore the nature of gift and gift-giving as well as the novelâs relation to other literary movements and genres. Scholars and the general public will welcome the ways these new critical insights offer a fresh look at this modern classic.
Acknowledgements
Series Editorsâ Preface
Introduction
Meghan L. Burke: Genius and the (Un)Dead Girls: Consumption, Artistry, and the Female Body in The Song of the Lark
Cecilia Björkén-Nyberg: Anatomy Is All: The Pathology of Voice in The Song of the Lark
Erica D. Galioto: Künstlerroman Revised: Doubleness and Catharsis in Willa Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Danielle Russell: Immeasurable Yearnings: The Artistic Legacy of the Landscape in Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Annette R. Dolph: Place, Inspiration, and the Railroad in Willa Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Tony R. Magagna: A Place Apart: Transcending Social Topographies in The Song of the Lark
Eric Aronoff: The Kingdom of Culture: Culture, Ethnology and the âFeeling of Empireâ in The Song of the Lark
Sarah Clere: Locating Mexicans in The Song of the Lark
Julie Olin-Ammentorp: âYou Are What You Readâ: Whartonâs Undine Spragg and Catherâs Thea Kronborg
Debra Cumberland: A Tale of Two Sisters: The Influence of âGoblin Marketâ on Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Richard S. Pressman: âThe Inevitable Hardness of Human Lifeâ: The Song of the Lark as Naturalism
Ann Moseley: Willa Catherâs Transitional Novel: The Song of the Lark as a Romantic-Naturalistic Novel with a Modernist Center
Beth E. Torgerson: Gift Giving and Community in Catherâs The Song of the Lark
About the Authors
Abstract of Arguments
Index
Series Editorsâ Preface
Introduction
Meghan L. Burke: Genius and the (Un)Dead Girls: Consumption, Artistry, and the Female Body in The Song of the Lark
Cecilia Björkén-Nyberg: Anatomy Is All: The Pathology of Voice in The Song of the Lark
Erica D. Galioto: Künstlerroman Revised: Doubleness and Catharsis in Willa Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Danielle Russell: Immeasurable Yearnings: The Artistic Legacy of the Landscape in Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Annette R. Dolph: Place, Inspiration, and the Railroad in Willa Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Tony R. Magagna: A Place Apart: Transcending Social Topographies in The Song of the Lark
Eric Aronoff: The Kingdom of Culture: Culture, Ethnology and the âFeeling of Empireâ in The Song of the Lark
Sarah Clere: Locating Mexicans in The Song of the Lark
Julie Olin-Ammentorp: âYou Are What You Readâ: Whartonâs Undine Spragg and Catherâs Thea Kronborg
Debra Cumberland: A Tale of Two Sisters: The Influence of âGoblin Marketâ on Catherâs The Song of the Lark
Richard S. Pressman: âThe Inevitable Hardness of Human Lifeâ: The Song of the Lark as Naturalism
Ann Moseley: Willa Catherâs Transitional Novel: The Song of the Lark as a Romantic-Naturalistic Novel with a Modernist Center
Beth E. Torgerson: Gift Giving and Community in Catherâs The Song of the Lark
About the Authors
Abstract of Arguments
Index