“Not often are we given an opportunity to observe a great American writer arrive for the first time in the Old World from the New, there to record first impressions spontaneously, as they came, subject to no second thoughts, no later, ...
These are stories that add immeasurably to our perception of Cather's range and complexity.
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."
A Chance Meeting going away merely to escape the heat and to regard Mont Blanc from an advantageous point — not to become acquainted with the country . III My trip into the mountains was wholly successful . All the suggestions the old ...
Willa Cather, one of the great American novelists of the 20th century, also wrote some of America’s best short fiction. From her haunting first story, “Peter,” the tale of a...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, Willa Cather is one of the most famous voices of American Literary Regionalism. His favorite scenario is Maine and his characters are the pioneers whose work helped shape the identity of America.
American author Cather (1873-1947) wrote more than 60 short stories, often using the genre as a medium to develop characters and themes that would later find their way into her...
There have been many reprintings of these editions , and Cather's original publishers , Houghton Mifflin and Alfred A. Knopf ( which is now owned by Random House ) , keep most of her titles available in paperback .
A new selection of preciously uncollected short stories including "Peter" and "The Bohemian Girl."
... Women and Men on the Overland Trail (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1979), 40–65, 179–87; Sandra L. Myres, Westering Women and the Frontier Experience, 1800–1915, (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982), ...