O Pioneers!
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品牌: Willa Cather
基本信息·出版社：Dover Publications Inc.
·页码：128 页
·出版日期：1993年
·ISBN：0486277852
·条形码：9780486277851
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
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内容简介`For the first time, perhaps, since that land emerged from the waters of geologic ages, a human face was set toward it with love and yearning. It seemed beautiful to her, rich and strong and glorious.' Willa Cather's second novel, O Pioneers! (1913) tells the story of Alexandra Bergson and her determination to save her immigrant family's Nebraska farm. Clear-headed and fiercely independent, Alexandra's passionate faith in the prairie makes her a wealthy landowner. By placing a strong, self-reliant woman at the centre of her tale, Cather gives the quintessentially American novel of the soil a radical cast. Yet, although influenced by the democratic utopianism of Walt Whitman and the serene regionalism of Sarah Orne Jewett, O Pioneers! is more than merely an elegy for the lost glories of America's pioneer past. In its rage for order and efficiency, the novel testifies to the cultural politics of the Progressive Era, the period of massive social and economic transformations that helped to modernize the United States in the years between the Civil War and World War.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
作者简介Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of this century.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
编辑推荐Amazon.co.uk Review
Willa Cather's second novel is abundant with interwoven themes. In one respect Cather bears witness to the early 20th-century Pioneers. The farmer taming the wild Northern States of America, battling with the elements and an unforgiving land to create a home, family and livlihood. On another levelO Pioneers!is the story of Alexandra Bergson. Due to the death of her father she becomes the head of the household and spends her time between protecting her younger brother and out in the countryside that has become hers. Overshadowed somewhat by the more popularMy Antoniathis early work of Cather's is a much admired example of early 20th-century American fiction.O Pioneers!is a powerful testimony to love, the land and the pioneering spirit. --Jon Smith
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'She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers'--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
