Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Fiction
ISBN : OCLC:258477552
On writing
Willa Cather
Willa Cather On Writing
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Willa Cather in Person
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0803263260
Willa Cather in Person by Willa Cather Pdf
Cather, the Nebraska-born novelist, describes her childhood, her career as a writer, and the influences on her work
Willa Cather On Writing
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780307831477
Willa Cather On Writing by Willa Cather Pdf
"Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there—that, one might say, is created." This famous observation appears inWilla Cather on Writing, a collection of essays and letters first published in 1949. In the course of it Cather writes, with grace and piercing clarity, about her own fiction and that of Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, and Katherine Mansfield, among others. She concludes, "Art is a concrete and personal and rather childish thing after all—no matter what people do to graft it into science and make it sociological and psychological; it is no good at all unless it is let alone to be itself—a game of make-believe, of re-production, very exciting and delightful to people who have an ear for it or an eye for it."
The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780307959317
The Selected Letters of Willa Cather by Willa Cather Pdf
Time Magazine's 10 Top Nonfiction Books of the Year • Willa Cather’s letters—withheld from publication for more than six decades—are finally available to the public in this fascinating selection. The hundreds collected here range from witty reports of life as a teenager in Red Cloud in the 1880s through her college years at the University of Nebraska, her time as a journalist in Pittsburgh and New York, and her growing eminence as a novelist. They describe her many travels and record her last years, when the loss of loved ones and the disasters of World War II brought her near to despair. Above all, they reveal her passionate interest in people, literature, and the arts. The voice is one we recognize from her fiction: confident, elegant, detailed, openhearted, concerned with profound ideas, but also at times sentimental, sarcastic, and funny. A deep pleasure to read, this volume reveals the intimate joys and sorrows of one of America’s most admired writers.
My Mortal Enemy
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041823499
My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather Pdf
"My Mortal Enemy" is a novella written by American author Willa Cather, first published in 1926. It is a poignant and introspective work that explores themes of love, regret, and the passage of time. The story is narrated by Nellie, who reflects on the life of her cousin, Myra Henshawe, a woman who had been the subject of gossip and speculation due to her complex relationship with her husband Oswald. Myra is portrayed as a woman of strong will and passion, whose choices in life have led to both fulfillment and regrets. The novella delves into the contrast between personal desires and societal expectations. "My Mortal Enemy" is a short but emotionally rich work that examines the consequences of choices made in the pursuit of personal happiness and the price one may pay for deviating from conventional norms. It showcases Willa Cather's talent for character exploration and her ability to capture the human experience with depth and sensitivity.
Willa Cather on Writing
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803263325
Willa Cather on Writing by Willa Cather Pdf
"Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there—that, one might say, is created." This famous observation appears in Willa Cather on Writing, a collection of essays and letters first published in 1949. In the course of it Cather writes, with grace and piercing clarity, about her own fiction and that of Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, and Katherine Mansfield, among others. She concludes, "Art is a concrete and personal and rather childish thing after all—no matter what people do to graft it into science and make it sociological and psychological; it is no good at all unless it is let alone to be itself—a game of make-believe, of re-production, very exciting and delightful to people who have an ear for it or an eye for it."
My Antonia
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000062410
My Antonia by Willa Cather Pdf
My Antonia is a novel by an American writer Willa Cather. It is the final book of the "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and Antonia Shimerda, the daughter of Bohemian immigrants. They are both became pioneers and settled in Nebraska in the end of the 19th century. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong. The narrator and the main character of the novel My Antonia, Jim grows up in Black Hawk, Nebraska from age 10 Eventually, he becomes a successful lawyer and moves to New York City.
Willa
Amy Ehrlich
Author : Amy Ehrlich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781442498709
Willa by Amy Ehrlich Pdf
“Captivating…” – Booklist From award-winning author Amy Ehrlich comes an illustrated biography of Willa Cather, one of America’s greatest and most beloved writers. Willa Cather’s life was a true American success story. A pioneer and determined spirit, Willa didn’t let anything stand in her way. She refused to be discouraged by the fact that in the 1880s women hadn’t written before, because she had many ideas to share. By becoming a trailblazer and following her heart, Willa Cather is remembered today as one of the greatest American writers in history. Filled with captivating and historically accurate details, as well as gorgeous illustrations by Wendell Minor, this illustrated chapter book is ideal nonfiction for middle graders.
The Only Wonderful Things
Melissa J. Homestead
Author : Melissa J. Homestead
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190652876
The Only Wonderful Things by Melissa J. Homestead Pdf
Drawing on newly uncovered archives, The Only Wonderful Things offers a groundbreaking look at American novelist Willa Cather's creative process by arguing that the writer's life partner, magazine editor Edith Lewis, had a crucial impact on Cather's literary work.
Private Way
Ladette Randolph
Author : Ladette Randolph
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496231185
Private Way by Ladette Randolph Pdf
2023 Nebraska Book Award In 2015, when cyberbullies disrupt her life in Southern California, Vivi Marx decides to cut her cord with the internet and take her life offline for a year. She flees to the one place where she felt safe as a child--with her grandmother in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nevermind that her grandmother is long dead and she doesn't know anyone else in the state. Even before she meets her new neighbors on Fieldcrest Drive, Vivi knows she's made a terrible mistake, but every plan she makes to leave is foiled. Despite her efforts to outrun it, trouble follows her to Nebraska, just not in the ways she'd feared. With the help of her neighbors, Willa Cather's novels, and her own imagination, Vivi finds something she hadn't known she was searching for.
Becoming Willa Cather
Daryl W. Palmer
Author : Daryl W. Palmer
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781948908283
Becoming Willa Cather by Daryl W. Palmer Pdf
From the girl in Red Cloud who oversaw the construction of a miniature town called Sandy Point in her backyard, to the New Woman on a bicycle, celebrating art and castigating political abuse in Lincoln newspapers, to the aspiring novelist in New York City, committed to creation and career, Daryl W. Palmer’s groundbreaking literary biography offers a provocative new look at Willa Cather’s evolution as a writer. Willa Cather has long been admired for O Pioneers! (1913), Song of the Lark (1915), and My Ántonia (1918)—the “prairie novels” about the lives of early Nebraska pioneers that launched her career. Thanks in part to these masterpieces, she is often viewed as a representative of pioneer life on the Great Plains, a controversial innovator in American modernism, and a compelling figure in the literary history of LGBTQ America. A century later, scholars acknowledge Cather’s place in the canon of American literature and continue to explore her relationship with the West. Drawing on original archival research and paying unprecedented attention to Cather’s early short stories, Palmer demonstrates that the relationship with Nebraska in the years leading up to O Pioneers! is more dynamic than critics and scholars thought. Readers will encounter a surprisingly bold young author whose youth in Nebraska served as a kind of laboratory for her future writing career. Becoming Willa Cather changes the way we think about Cather, a brilliant and ambitious author who embraced experimentation in life and art, intent on reimagining the American West.
Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism
Joan Ross Acocella
Author : Joan Ross Acocella
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803210469
Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism by Joan Ross Acocella Pdf
Defending Willa Cather against historical and critical distortions, the author argues that Cather's central vision was a tragic vision of the human condition rather than a firm political agenda.
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781454954583
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather Pdf
When the Bergson family leave their home in Sweden to travel to the United States in search of a better life, they, like many immigrants, are awed by the beautiful harshness of their new life in Nebraska. When their father, John Bergson, grows sick and dies, he leaves the farm in the hands of his eldest daughter Alexandra Bergson. Resourceful and determined, Alexandra devotes her life to her family's farm, determined to prosper even as her neighbors are overwhelmed by the unremitting demands of pioneer life. But when she falls in love with her childhood friend, Carl Linstrum, Alexandra must choose between her duty to the land, and to her heart. A spirited celebration of the immigrants who have shaped the United States, O Pioneers! is a masterpiece by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
One of Ours
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Farm life
ISBN : 9781442934375
One of Ours by Willa Cather Pdf
My Antonia
Willa Cather
Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781722525040
My Antonia by Willa Cather Pdf
A haunting tribute to the heroic pioneers who shaped the American Midwest This powerful novel by Willa Cather is considered to be one of her finest works and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. It tells the stories of several immigrant families who start new lives in America in rural Nebraska. This powerful tribute to the quiet heroism of those whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest highlights the role of women pioneers, in particular. Written in the style of a memoir penned by Antonia’s tutor and friend, the book depicts one of the most memorable heroines in American literature, the spirited eldest daughter of a Czech immigrant family, whose calm, quite strength and robust spirit helped her survive the hardships and loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. The two form an enduring bond and through his chronicle, we watch Antonia shape the land while dealing with poverty, treachery, and tragedy. “No romantic novel ever written in America...is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.” -H. L. Mencken Willa Cather (1873–1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of the Plains and for One of Ours, a novel set in World War I, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943 and received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments. By the time of her death she had written twelve novels, five books of short stories, and a collection of poetry.
