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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

… herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of Willa Cather by Mildred Bennett, founder of the Willa Cather … attorney, postmaster and political leader. They had seven children. Their granddaughter, Jane Dressler, is the owner …
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Finding Aids

… Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson Hibben, John Grier Hills, Laura … Limited 1st ed. J/20 For my darling mother on her Wedding Anniversary from Willa Cather December 1923   My Ántonia BK-50-306 Willa Cather  1918 1st printing Elsie …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… were all taken, so I looked and said, ‘Well, I did read My Ántonia a few years ago and liked it a lot,’” Harris … Willa Cather Review ,  Cather Studies , and editing the scholarly edition of  One of Ours.  “She was a first-rate …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… in the centenary year of her Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska … .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … for Statuary Hall, and I'm thrilled that Nebraska will finally have a literary heroine representing our state in …
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Willa Cather Biography

… 2023 too, it has sponsored celebratory Cather 150 events held all over the country—Los Angeles, New York, … other places found there too: the desert southwest of  The Song of the Lark ,  The Professor's House , and  Death Comes for the …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents Table of Contents This Table of … Dong Hengxum p. 15  TITLE: Willa Cather, Tao Yuanming and Hiawatha  AUTHOR: Li Wenjun p. 18  TITLE: Account of the …
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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 … production: agriculture and the Great Plains ( O Pioneers , My Antonia, One of Ours , etc.) as well as agriculture in … their papers for possible publication in a special expanded edition of The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Please …
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