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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; some of them were as big as little trees, with … dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of …
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Meet Intern William Kelly
… say my favorite book is tied between O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark . The former because Cather gives words to feelings I … up on all of Cather’s books. I’m just about done with The Song of the Lark . So after that, I’ll move on to the famed …
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New! Cather Studies 11: Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux
… Image New! Cather Studies 11: Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux August … made herself a modernist through the poems, stories, and novels she wrote and published into the twentieth century. … shaping of the world of the early twentieth century and later into a singular modernism born of both inherited and …
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Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society
… Image Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder Joins Cather Legacy Society May 24, 2017 Reflecting back on her … compelled Dr. Mary Ruth Ryder to become a member of the Willa Cather Foundation – and ultimately to join the Cather … a choice as it might first seem: Ryder speaks convincingly about the classical foundation found in Cather’s work, …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success
… Image 2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success July 24, 2015 2015 was a very special year for the Willa Cather … on both the publication centenary of Cather’s novel, The Song of the Lark , and the larger discussion surrounding the novel, that …
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61st Annual Spring Conference Call for Papers
… Literature, and the Great War CALL FOR PAPERS The years 2014–2018 mark the centennial of the First World War and … on war, explored through her novels written during WWI— The Song of the Lark and My Ántonia — and through her letters, her essays …
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Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge
… Bridge (1912) February: O Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song of the Lark (1915) April: My Ántonia (1918) May: One of Ours (1922) … Gayheart (1935) December: Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) CLICK HERE to purchase one or more of the novels. CLICK …
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Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat
… Image Special Offer: Cather Country Retreat October 13, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation is offering an exceptional … beloved novels, such as My Ántonia , O Pioneers! , and The Song of the Lark . Join us on Saturday, November 8th and visit one of …
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14th International Seminar
… Image 14th International Seminar August 31, 2012 The Willa Cather … inspired Cather, like her protagonist Thea Kronborg in The Song of the Lark , to develop a new understanding and expression of her …
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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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