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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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Finding Aids

… Reading Book 1880s Willa Cather ____ 1882 Conrad, Joseph Youth and Two Other Stories 1905 A Merry Christmas to Elsie … Girl Willa Cather 1940     Book BK-207-014 Youth and the Bright Medusa Willa Cather 1975     Book BK-207-015 Lucy Gayheart …
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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

… of sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha, was selected from over seventy artists to create the Willa … of Virginia, among others, many of her most well-known stories are about Nebraska and its people. I hope her … Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members Andrew Jewell and Melissa Homestead praised Cather's selection as a representative of …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … and commentators have increasingly identified Cather as among the most significant canonical American writers, one … recent volumes are Janis P. Stout’s Cather Among the Moderns (2019) and Melissa J. Homestead’s The Only Wonderful …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Gifts p. 1  Death Notice of Edith Lewis p. 2  1973--Cather Centennial Year, Cather Stamp p. 2  Increasing Interest in … conference p. 3  Excerpt from Nation 1920 book review of Youth and the Bright Medusa p. 4  …
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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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