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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Rationale and Significance of the Study
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two An Introduction to O Pioneers!
2.1 Context
2.2 General Review
Chapter Three Transcendentalism in O Pioneers!
3.1 Transcendentalism
3.2 Major Transcendentalist Thoughts in O Pioneers!
3.2.1 Emphasis on Spirit or the Oversoul
3.2.2 Stress on the Individual
3.2.3 A Fresh Perception of Nature
3.2.4 “Wisdom of Intuition”
3.3 Ralph Waldo Emerson's Influence on Willa Cather
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four Romanticism Represented by Walt Whitman in OPioneers!
4.1 Inheritance from Walt Whitman's Romanticism in O Pioneers!
4.1.1 Inheritance from Whitman's Poem Pioneers!O Pioneers!
4.1.2 Inheritance from Whitman's Poetry Song of Myself
4.2 Transformations of Walt Whitman's Romanticism in O Pioneers!
4.3 The Inheritance and Transformations of Romantic Traditions by Willa Cather
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five Local Colorism in O Pioneers!
5.1 Sara Orne Jewett and Her Influence on Willa Cather
5.1.1 Sara Orne Jewett and Her Local Colorism
5.1.2 Sarah Orne Jewett's Influence on Willa Cather
5.2 Inheritance from Sarah Orne Jewett's Local Colorism in O Pioneers!
5.2.1 Inheritance from Jewett's Novella The Country of the Pointed Firs
5.2.2 Inheritance from Jewett's Short Story A White Heron
5.3 Summary
Chapter Six Significance of O Pioneers!
6.1 A Brief Introduction to Feminism
6.2 Cather and O Pioneers!: A New Type of Feminist Literature
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7.1 Major Findings of the Study
7.2 Limitations
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