... her father dies. It is perhaps at this turning point in the novel when one can really begin to see a formation of a lesbian narrative space through the deconstruction of Western society's dualisms that Cather offers her readers. Following on from Cather's disruption of a conventionally heterosexual text, ... object of pity, while Lena Lingard, for whom people had always foretold trouble, was now the leading dressmaker of Lincoln, much respected in Black Hawk." This is the first instant in the novel where a direct comparison between the lives and personal character of Lena and Antonia is g...

• Word Count: 2062
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate