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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
… Serena's Album Loading Serena's Album Rediscovering Serena’s Album In February 1887, Serena White of … than bookstores, and widely given as gifts to women and girls. Serena’s album has long been an object of curiosity … F. Curran, the very popular Superior High School principal hired that year to be the principal in Red Cloud. Serena’s …
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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects … in the collection include notes from oral histories collected by Bennett and John March, transcripts of Cather …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift
… to study Cather on a variety of topics, presenting at conferences and seminars, contributing to the Willa Cather … 2013 Harris has been a regular attendee at the Willa Cather Spring Conference since 1987, and he’s traveled across the …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 7, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Cather is the first Pulitzer Prize winner and … .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career …
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Willa Cather Biography
… in American fiction—with Melville, James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Cather, Ellison, Bellow, Morrison.” Yes, though Cather deserves to precede Hemingway on this list. Concluding her fine study of Willa … Cather. On April 24, 1947, Cather died from cancer. A private funeral was held in New York, and a memorial service …
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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 … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip … 43.3 Winter-Spring 2000 Editor: Merrill Skaggs TITLE: Approaching the Mesa …
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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"
… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 … in a special expanded edition of The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Please send your proposals, as well as questions …
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