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From: The Geographical Review
Date: 19950401
Author:Rundstrom, Beth

Feminist criticism provides a theoretical base for interpreting gendered space in literature. The relationship of fictional women with the environment and their portrayal in the literary landscape are important considerations and reveal an author's geographies. This theory is the framework for an analysis of the prairie saga, "O Pioneers!," by Willa Cather. She uses independent houses, homes, and homesteads to symbolize women; her houses reflect the social roles and status of women in the early 1900s.

Key words: Cather [Willa], feminist criticism, human-land relationships, literary geography, ...

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