Willa Cather

An enlightening unpacking of Cather's writings, from her controversial love letters of the 1890s--in which "queer" is employed to denote sexual deviance--to her epic novels, short stories, and critical writings.

Note on Texts and List of Abbreviations

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction: The Novelist, the Critic, and the ``Queer''

1

(14)

PART I Fear of a Queer Prairie: Figures of the Body and/as the Nation in the Letters and Early Novels

15

(64)

Driving One-Handed: The Law, the Letter, and the Unsanctioned Voice

17

(16)

``Filling Out Nice'': Body-Building and Nation-Building in the Early Novels

33

(46)

PART II Queering the ``Classics'': Willa Cather and the Literary History of the United States

79

(64)

``In a Prohibition Country'': The Culture Wars of the 1920s

83

(32)

Comrades and Countrymen: Queer Love and a Dream of ``America''

115

(28)

Conclusion: Queer (R)Age---Notes on the Late Fiction and the Queering of the World

133

(10)

Notes

143

(28)

Works Cited

171

(10)

Index

181

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