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- Title
Her Mortal Enemy's Daughter: Cather and the Writing of Age.
- Authors
Romines, Ann; Rosowski, Susan J.
- Abstract
The article analyzes the techniques and concepts used by Willa Cather to convey the process of aging, using several characters in her works, including the short story "Old Mrs. Harris," and the books "Death Comes for the Archbishop," "Sapphira and the Slave Girl," and "My Mortal Enemy." The characters Archbishop Latour, Nellie Birdseye, and Myra Driscoll Henshawe, The author discusses several implications of old age in the U.S. during the 1920s and presents a comparison between Cather and Myra, her main character in "My Mortal Enemy."
- Subjects
CATHER, Willa, 1873-1947; MY Mortal Enemy (Book); OLD Mrs. Harris (Short story); SAPPHIRA &; the Slave Girl (Book); DEATH Comes for the Archbishop (Book : Cather); AGING in literature; OLD age in literature; MIDDLE age in literature; MATURATION (Psychology) in literature; OLD age; MATURATION (Psychology); LITERARY criticism
- Publication
Cather Studies, 1996, Vol 3, Issue 1, p100
- ISBN
9780803263987
- ISSN
1045-9871
- Publication type
Literary Criticism