The Catherian Cathedral: Gothic Cathedral Iconography in Willa Cather's Fiction

by Christine Kephart

The Catherian Cathedral: Gothic Cathedral Iconography in Willa Cather's Fiction traces the development of a Gothic cathedral iconography in the fiction of Willa Cather and posits that Cather finds in the Gothic cathedral image a metaphor for the writing process and the novel. It explores and analyzes Cather's incorporation of major elements of Gothic cathedral design in her work, in characterization, light imagery and novel structure, and links Cather's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611470161
• ISBN13: 9781611470161
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"