The influence of French culture on Willa Cather: intertextual references and resonances

This is the first full-length study to address the complex issues involved in Cather's relationship to France and to the many French writers (Zola, Flaubert, Sand, France, Merimee, Loti, etc.) that keep cropping up in her literary and journalistic output. The author traces the intellectual and artistic roots that nourished Cather's writing and to examine the dynamic relationship between American and French literatures. This is the first full-length study to address the complex issues involved in Cather's relationship to France and to the many French writers (Zola, Flaubert, Sand, France, Mérimée, Loti, etc.) that keep cropping up in her literary and journalistic output. The author traces the intellectual and artistic roots that nourished Cather's writing and examines the dynamic relationship between American and French literatures. Stéphanie Durrans ; With A Foreword By James Woodress. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [251]-272) And Index.