| Willa Cather's Sexual Aesthetics and the Male Homosexual Literary Tradition Contributor(s): Anders, John P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803259409 ISBN-13: 9780803259409 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: In this first full-length study of male homosexuality in Cather's short stories and novels, John P. Anders examines patterns of male friendship ranging on a continuum from the social to the sexual. He reveals how Cather's work assumes an unexpected depth and complexity by drawing on both the familiar tradition of friendship literature inspired by classical and Christian texts and a homosexual legacy that is part of, yet distinct from, established literary traditions. Anders argues that Cather's artistic achievement is distinguished by her sexual aesthetics, an elusive literary style inextricably associated with homosexuality. His analysis demonstrates how a homosexual ethos and eros helped Cather develop a sensitivity to human variation and a style to accommodate it and thus became the objective correlative of her art, dramatizing the diversity of human nature as it deepens the mystery of her work. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 99010701 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.52" W x 8.49" (0.54 lbs) 187 pages |
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| Publisher Description:
In this first full-length study of male homosexuality in Cather's short stories and novels, John P. Anders examines patterns of male friendship ranging on a continuum from the social to the sexual. He reveals how Cather's work assumes an unexpected depth and complexity by drawing on both the familiar tradition of friendship literature inspired by classical and Christian texts and a homosexual legacy that is part of, yet distinct from, established literary traditions. Anders argues that Cather's artistic achievement is distinguished by her sexual aesthetics, an elusive literary style inextricably associated with homosexuality. His analysis demonstrates how a homosexual ethos and eros helped Cather develop a sensitivity to human variation and a style to accommodate it and thus became the objective correlative of her art, dramatizing the diversity of human nature as it deepens the mystery of her work. John P. Anders is an independent scholar who lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. |