A portrait of the writer, Willa Cather, with reference to numerous excerpts and quotations from the writer's works.
An enlightening unpacking of Cather's writings, from her controversial love letters of the 1890s--in which "queer" is employed to denote sexual deviance--to her epic novels, short stories, and critical writings.
This collection is valuable for anyone interested in the art of writing, in the genesis of the writer, or in the shape of American culture in the first decades of this century.
It offers material that can be found nowhere else. Here are Willa Cather of Red Cloud, her family and friends, and the things that formed her sensibilities.
This volume focuses a sharp eye on how the landscape of the American Southwest served Cather creatively and the ways it shaped her research and productivity.
This volume contains four great works (O Pioneers!
A first publication of the acclaimed writer's personal correspondences includes whimsical teenage reports of her 1880s Red Cloud life, letters written during her early journalism years and the 1940s exchanges penned in observation of World ...
Examines the life, times, and writings of the American author who immortalized the Great Plains and Nebraska countryside in such works as "My âAntonia," "Death Comes to the Archbishop," and "One of Ours."
Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of...
Traces the life of the American novelist from her childhood in the newly settled prairies of Nebraska through her years as a journalist, editor, and teacher, and examines the relationship...
Willa Cather and the Art of Conflict : Re - Visioning Her Creative Imagination . Troy NY : Whitston , 1992 . ... In The Kingdom of Art : Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical Statements , 1893–1896 . Ed . Bernice Slote .