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Cather Studies, Volume 8: Willa Cather: A Writer´s Worlds
Cather Studies
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Description for Cather Studies, Volume 8: Willa Cather: A Writer´s Worlds
Paperback. Volume of essays, selected from the 2007 International Cather Seminar, exploring the geographic locations and cultures that informed Cather's writing Editor(s): Palleau-Papin, Francoise; Murphy, John J.; Palleau, Francoise; Thacker, Robert. Series: Cather Studies. Num Pages: 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
The essays in Cather Studies, Volume 8 explore the many locales and cultures informing Willa Cather’s fiction. A lifelong Francophile, Cather first visited France in 1902 and returned repeatedly throughout her life. Her visits to France influenced not only her writing but also her interpretation of other worlds: for example, while visiting the American Southwest in 1912, a region that informed her subsequent works, she first viewed that landscape through the prism of her memories of Provence. Cather’s intellectual intercourse between the Old and the New World was a two-way street, moving both people and cultural mores between the two. ... Read more
The essays in Cather Studies, Volume 8 explore the many locales and cultures informing Willa Cather’s fiction. A lifelong Francophile, Cather first visited France in 1902 and returned repeatedly throughout her life. Her visits to France influenced not only her writing but also her interpretation of other worlds: for example, while visiting the American Southwest in 1912, a region that informed her subsequent works, she first viewed that landscape through the prism of her memories of Provence. Cather’s intellectual intercourse between the Old and the New World was a two-way street, moving both people and cultural mores between the two. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
Series
Cather Studies
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803230255
SKU
V9780803230255
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About Cather Studies
John J. Murphy is a professor emeritus at Brigham Young University. He is the volume editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop (Nebraska 1999) and coeditor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Shadows on the Rock (Nebraska 2005). Françoise Palleau-Papin teaches American literature at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle and is the ... Read more
Reviews for Cather Studies, Volume 8: Willa Cather: A Writer´s Worlds
"Cather Studies continues to assemble and inspire the most well-informed writing on Willa Cather's life and literature. The twenty-three essays in this volume further elevate Cather's reputation for meticulous attention to detail when presenting various cultures in her fiction."—Derek Driedger, Great Plains Quarterly "Cather Studies has long been the repository of worthwhile scholarship, and this eighth volume does not disappoint. ... Read more