Cather, Woolf, and the Two Mrs. Ramsays

Discusses Willa Cather’s novel “Lucy Gayheart,” which provides the only public access to Cather’s sense of connection to Virginia Woolf, a writer she admired. Uses Cather’s “provocative” placement of Mrs. Ramsay as a way to re-frame thinking about this novel. Considers it as an experimental modernis...

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Published in:College English 1998-09, Vol.61 (1), p.29-40
Main Author: Williams, Deborah Lindsay
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Discusses Willa Cather’s novel “Lucy Gayheart,” which provides the only public access to Cather’s sense of connection to Virginia Woolf, a writer she admired. Uses Cather’s “provocative” placement of Mrs. Ramsay as a way to re-frame thinking about this novel. Considers it as an experimental modernist novel.
ISSN:0010-0994
2161-8178
DOI:10.58680/ce19981103