ENGL 250A

Wharton and Cather

Focuses on the writing of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather, two of our most accomplished early American writers. Shows how these writers, poised on the threshold of the twentieth century-and pulled simultaneously forward and back-explored similar themes, and how, as two of the few revered women writers of this time, they focused particularly on shifting gender roles; Wharton with her eye on interior space and Cather with her eye on exterior space.

Units: 3.0