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- Title
Edna Ferber's Ice Palace: Gender, Race, Statehood and the Novel as History.
- Authors
Coen, Ross; Ferber, Edna
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "Ice Palace" by Edna Ferber is presented. It discusses the book as an epic, historical fiction and explores the treatment of indigenous peoples in Alaska during mid-20th century. It criticizes the one-dimensional treatment of characters and plot in the book. It also mentions the political situation in Alaska; and the tallest buildings in Alaska at that time.
- Subjects
ALASKA; ICE Palace (Book); FERBER, Edna, 1885-1968; ALASKA state history; HISTORICAL fiction -- History &; criticism; ALASKA state politics &; government; INDIGENOUS peoples; TALL buildings
- Publication
Alaska History, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 1/2, p1
- ISSN
0890-6149
- Publication type
Literary Criticism