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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

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather was first published in 1951 in The World of … Belle Barclay chooses Yellowstone Park. Designated a national park in 1872 — the first in the United States — …
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Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… as a beneficiary in your estate plans, please contact Ashley Olson, Executive Director, at aolson@willacather.org …
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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

… by singularities. When Philip Roth died in 2018, New Yorker editor David Remnick held that “he was in competition … an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Miriam Mountford  Title: Prototypes of Characters in My Ántonia Recognized at Spring Banquet  AUTHOR: Victor P. Hass … S. Shannon, daughter of Roscoe Cather dies p. 11  First scholarly volumes to be produced p. 37  …
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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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