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Alexander's Bridge

… Bridge Book Club Resources Alexander’s Bridge (1912) is Cather’s first novel about an ambitious engineer, Bartley … integrity and the life choices he has made.  Though Cather later asked for her second novel, O Pioneers! to be … writing. Told from a more Eurocentric view than her later novels, this is Cather’s first attempt at long-form fiction …
Posted: 07/15/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023

Book Club Resources

… The Professor's House The Professor's House Alexander's Bridge Alexander's Bridge My Mortal Enemy My Mortal Enemy Shadows on the Rock …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/02/2023

Life & Literature

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Life & Literature Willa Cather, 1873–1947 Willa Cather was born in Back Creek … of nonfiction, journalism, speeches, and letters.  Critical Biography Bibliography Honors & Achievements Timeline …
Posted: 05/04/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Bibliography

… Cather's Uncollected Short Fiction, 1915-1929  1972 Poetry April Twilights  1903 April Twilights and Other Poems  1923 Collected Writings and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County and the … close friend. 1912  — Cather’s first novel,  Alexander’s Bridge , appears in  McClure’s  as  Alexander’s Masquerade . …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Willa Cather Biography

… Image Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Today Willa Cather is one of the most … leading Cather critic, Susan J. Rosowski, published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… and special features of each issue of the Review since its first publication in 1957. Simply use the Control + F … Monday, April 15, 1912) p. 42  TITLE: "The Cather Question" (poem)  AUTHOR: May Hutchinson p. 43  Also in this … Gervaud p. 22  TITLE: Coming of Age and Domesticating Space in the Wilderness: Roberts's The Great Meadow and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Fragments of Willa Cather's Lost Work Published

… wrote prolifically; her later works include Alexander’s Bridge (1912), O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918), and A …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012

… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … Cather's Poems, now in preparation, will be among the last volumes published in that series by the University of … be sent by February 15, 2012 to: Robert Thacker Canadian Studies Program St. Lawrence University Canton, New York …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015

Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge

… Image Willa Cather 2012 Reading Challenge December 29, 2011 The Willa Cather Foundation is excited to promote … December 2012. The Reading List: January: Alexander's Bridge (1912) February: O Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song …
Posted: 09/15/2014
Last Updated: 02/16/2015

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