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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 … University, Professor of English, Emerita), editor of the Scholarly Edition of  Sapphira and the Slave Girl  (2000) …
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Serena's Album

… entitled Mental Portraits , probably as a 16th birthday gift. These books, also known as autograph albums or … stores rather than bookstores, and widely given as gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an … 19th century. Right Rolla reveals more of his interest in card-playing. “Never looking at the card in the bottom of …
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Finding Aids

… conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing Cards     Keys     NSHS Documents Correspondence   1987 board …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… Willa Cather Review ,  Cather Studies , and editing the scholarly edition of  One of Ours.  “She was a first-rate … 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

… .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … literature and correspondence remain the subject of scholarly inquiry. Her writing has been translated into more …
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Willa Cather Biography

… southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny … her time on the Divide, Cather attended a one-room school house, but Charles Cather was not suited to be a prairie … to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the offices and performance space …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 2.1  Spring 1958  Editor: Mildred R. Bennett  Officers and Board … Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … in Cather p. 3  Board of Governors p. 3  Taxes p. 4  1971 Spring Conference p. 4  … 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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