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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… St Winchester , VA 22601 United States Willa Cather’s  My Ántonia  solidified her growing esteem as a keen observer of … Virginia, is scheduled for April 7, 2018, at 2 p.m.  “ My Ántonia : New Readings for a Centennial Celebration” …
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Serena's Album

… albums, were enduringly popular in the late 19th century, usually purchased in stationery stores rather than … was first published in 1951 in The World of Willa Cather by Mildred Bennett, founder of the Willa Cather Foundation. For … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. …
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Finding Aids

… James and Angela Southwick and contains documents and personal effects belonging to Charles and Virginia Cather, … Lipstick case     Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal … Emerson The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution 1912 n/a Verne, Jules Five Weeks in a Balloon n/d n/a Verne, Jules Michael …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… from what she’s read and heard. For example, in  A Lost Lady —Harris’ favorite Cather novel—Cather references Bible …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Willa Cather, an author who explored both the meaning and place of gender roles, now represents Nebraska at our … Rights, speaks to the diversity of Nebraska and our state’s place in the nation’s history.” University of … I aim to capture her standing, as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness …
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Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … periodical that reaches a broad audience beyond academy, is published three times a year by the National Willa … It would be followed in 1918 with the more personal  My Ántonia  where the narrative proper begins with the very …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … 16.2  Spring 1972  LITERARY ISSUE Editor: Bernice Slote  TITLE: Willa Cather … of Grace  AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13  John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15  WCPM announces 1985 trip …
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Antonia's Accent

… over the first syllable in her memorable character's name — Ántonia — to indicate the greater stress that syllable would … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, … a debate we're quite willing to conduct. As readers of the Scholarly Edition of the novel will know: "In Czech the name …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… of food and drink in Cather's writing. This day of scholarly papers and discussion will be followed by two days … as in " A Wagner Matinee " or Pauline's career in Lucy Gayheart Wine and/or beer: Vavrika's saloon in " The …
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