Although the well-known American female writer Willa Cather and the famous Australian female writer Henry Handel Richardson come from different countries, both of their works O, Pioneers! and The Getting of Wisdom describe the process of female growth. Adopting the method of comparative literature, this thesis analyzes and compares the two novels from the perspective of initiation story.

Meng Fanting. The Same Story, Different Revelations—A Comparative Study of O, Pioneers! and The Getting of Wisdom in the View of Initiation Story. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2021) Vol. 3, Issue 4: 41-45. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2021.030408.

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