• Ms.Dayana Mathew
• Dr.C.Divya

Willa Cather was a well-known American writer in the first half of the Twentieth Century. She had begun her career as a journalist and later became a writer. She was a prairie writer beautifully portrayed the essence of nostalgia, pioneers in frontier life, especially the land in Midwest America. There are very few writers who could stand in par with her narration of the West and she is quite proclaimed for this excellent narration. Especially her novels are mainly discussed in terms of this frontier life and many does not venture to explore the other hidden factors in her novels. One can trace a pattern in the treatment of love in her novels. She treated love with so much reverence that the characters either share a platonic love that ends well or an illicit relationship that ends in tragedy. The aim of this paper is to analyse this love phobia one can trace in the novels of Alexander’s Bridge and O Pioneers.

Platonic love, marriage, Illicit relationship, love phobia

"Love Phobia in Alexander’s Bridge and O Pioneers ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.e732-e734, March-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303492.pdf

"Love Phobia in Alexander’s Bridge and O Pioneers ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no. ppe732-e734, March-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303492.pdf