The Resource Building a literary heritage : a study of three generations of pioneer women, 1880-1930, Donna Maples, (electronic resource)
Building a literary heritage : a study of three generations of pioneer women, 1880-1930, Donna Maples, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- This study examines three generations of pioneer women in the Great Plains region of the United States, 1880 to 1930, as they are viewed by authors of fiction and biography. An introduction surveys stereotypical roles by which pioneer women are portrayed in history and literature and the key historical developments that affected women as they moved and lived in the West during these fifty years. The first chapter treats women of the first generation to move into the sparsely settled homesteading region on the Great Plains, where they are often overwhelmed emotionally by the harsh physical environment and the lack of community with other women. The focal works for this chapter are Giants in the Earth by Ole Rolvaag, The Wind by Dorothy Scarborough, and short fiction by Mari Sandoz, Peggy Simson Curry, and Marcia Muller. The second chapter deals with first-generation pioneer women as they are viewed by their children; these women are generally portrayed as victims of emotional and physical abuse by their husbands. The major works discussed are Old Jules by Mari Sandoz, The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner, and three works by Hamlin Garland: Main-Travelled Roads, A Son of the Middle Border, and A Pioneer Mother. The third chapter considers second-generation women, who are raised on the Great Plains and who incorporate the environment and male and female models into a self-image that includes increased options for family and professional roles. The novels discussed in this chapter are O Pioneers! and My Antonia by Willa Cather and the "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The fourth chapter examines pioneer women who grow up on the Great Plains in a small-town civilization and who migrate back to the East to express their artistic gifts. The key works in this chapter are Lucy Gayheart and The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather and Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland. The conclusion relates studies on the psychological needs of women to literary portrayals of frontier women's experiences in the development of the West during fifty years of homesteading and settlement
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Note
- Vita
- Label
- Building a literary heritage : a study of three generations of pioneer women, 1880-1930
- Title
- Building a literary heritage
- Title remainder
- a study of three generations of pioneer women, 1880-1930
- Statement of responsibility
- Donna Maples
- Subject
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- Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- English
- Electronic books
- Electronic bookss
- Electronic dissertations
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- American fiction -- Great Plains -- History and criticism
- Women in literature
- Women pioneers in literature
- Rural women in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This study examines three generations of pioneer women in the Great Plains region of the United States, 1880 to 1930, as they are viewed by authors of fiction and biography. An introduction surveys stereotypical roles by which pioneer women are portrayed in history and literature and the key historical developments that affected women as they moved and lived in the West during these fifty years. The first chapter treats women of the first generation to move into the sparsely settled homesteading region on the Great Plains, where they are often overwhelmed emotionally by the harsh physical environment and the lack of community with other women. The focal works for this chapter are Giants in the Earth by Ole Rolvaag, The Wind by Dorothy Scarborough, and short fiction by Mari Sandoz, Peggy Simson Curry, and Marcia Muller. The second chapter deals with first-generation pioneer women as they are viewed by their children; these women are generally portrayed as victims of emotional and physical abuse by their husbands. The major works discussed are Old Jules by Mari Sandoz, The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner, and three works by Hamlin Garland: Main-Travelled Roads, A Son of the Middle Border, and A Pioneer Mother. The third chapter considers second-generation women, who are raised on the Great Plains and who incorporate the environment and male and female models into a self-image that includes increased options for family and professional roles. The novels discussed in this chapter are O Pioneers! and My Antonia by Willa Cather and the "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The fourth chapter examines pioneer women who grow up on the Great Plains in a small-town civilization and who migrate back to the East to express their artistic gifts. The key works in this chapter are Lucy Gayheart and The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather and Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland. The conclusion relates studies on the psychological needs of women to literary portrayals of frontier women's experiences in the development of the West during fifty years of homesteading and settlement
- Cataloging source
- MUU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Maples, Donna
- Degree
- Ph. D.
- Dissertation year
- 1988.
- Granting institution
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN45.Y1988
- LC item number
- M365
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American fiction
- Rural women in literature
- Women pioneers in literature
- Women in literature
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Label
- Building a literary heritage : a study of three generations of pioneer women, 1880-1930, Donna Maples, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Vita
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 667235265
- Extent
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- MU: Access is limited to the University of Missouri--Columbia only.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)667235265
- Label
- Building a literary heritage : a study of three generations of pioneer women, 1880-1930, Donna Maples, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Vita
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 667235265
- Extent
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- MU: Access is limited to the University of Missouri--Columbia only.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)667235265
Subject
- Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- English
- Electronic books
- Electronic bookss
- Electronic dissertations
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- American fiction -- Great Plains -- History and criticism
- Women in literature
- Women pioneers in literature
- Rural women in literature
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