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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

… its more colorful entries was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s … Serena’s album display a youthful bravado that stands out boldly against the sentimental backdrop of the album itself. … been the matrimonial partner he alludes to in his entry (“Send personally for the answer”). But by 1901 he was back in …
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Finding Aids

… Lipstick case     Writing equipment OBJ-50-1000-059 Pen holder     Personal objects OBJ-50-1000-060-1 Small metal … notes for book and personal Association of Adventist Forums newsletters Copyedited pages for index and sources Box … Skjelver   Box 23—Bennett Papers Business correspondence Newsletters from WCPM and other nonprofit organizations WCPM …
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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

… come to know some remarkable people over the course of this project, including individuals who have volunteered their … was always a champion for Nebraska. While her writing spans settings that include the desert Southwest, seventeenth … Homestead, professor of English and director of the Cather Project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, described …
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Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … periodical that reaches a broad audience beyond academy, is published three times a year by the National Willa … It would be followed in 1918 with the more personal  My Ántonia  where the narrative proper begins with the very …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Coverage p. 3  Portrait Bust of Cather p. 4  Mailing of Newsletter p. 4  … 17.2  Spring 1973 Editor: Miriam Mountford  TITLE: "The Old Prairies" poem  AUTHOR: Stephan Tennant p. 1  Picture … 22.3 and 22.4  1978  (MAKEUP LITERARY NEWSLETTER) Editor: Bernice Slote  TITLE: Captured Shadows  …
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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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