' … the well-written essays on O'Brien's collection approach Cather's novel from unconventional and even surprising angles. The readings presented here are welcome invitations to think about vital issues of the aesthetics as well as the politics of American literature. … a serious consideration of the vistas opened here will be necessary to gain a better understanding of the aesthetic and cultural complexity of Cather's novels'. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

• 1. Introduction Sharon O'Brien; 2. My Antonia and African American art Elizabeth Ammons; 3. 'It ain't my prairie': gender, power, and narrative in My Antonia Marilee Lindemann; 4. Time, change, and the burden of revision in My Ántonia Miles Orvell; 5. Displacing Dixie: the Southern subtext in My Antonia Anne Goodwyn Jones.

' … the well-written essays on O'Brien's collection approach Cather's novel from unconventional and even surprising angles. The readings presented here are welcome invitations to think about vital issues of the aesthetics as well as the politics of American literature. … a serious consideration of the vistas opened here will be necessary to gain a better understanding of the aesthetic and cultural complexity of Cather's novels'. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

• 1. Introduction Sharon O'Brien; 2. My Antonia and African American art Elizabeth Ammons; 3. 'It ain't my prairie': gender, power, and narrative in My Antonia Marilee Lindemann; 4. Time, change, and the burden of revision in My Ántonia Miles Orvell; 5. Displacing Dixie: the Southern subtext in My Antonia Anne Goodwyn Jones.

' … the well-written essays on O'Brien's collection approach Cather's novel from unconventional and even surprising angles. The readings presented here are welcome invitations to think about vital issues of the aesthetics as well as the politics of American literature. … a serious consideration of the vistas opened here will be necessary to gain a better understanding of the aesthetic and cultural complexity of Cather's novels'. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

• 1. Introduction Sharon O'Brien; 2. My Antonia and African American art Elizabeth Ammons; 3. 'It ain't my prairie': gender, power, and narrative in My Antonia Marilee Lindemann; 4. Time, change, and the burden of revision in My Ántonia Miles Orvell; 5. Displacing Dixie: the Southern subtext in My Antonia Anne Goodwyn Jones.