My Antonia
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Hailed by reviewers and readers for its originality, vitality, and truth, My Ántonia secured Willa Cather’s place in the first rank of American writers. Cather drew deeply on her childhood days in frontier Nebraska for her fourth novel, published in 1918. Ántonia Shimerda is memorable as the warm-hearted daughter of Bohemians who must adapt to a hard life on the desolate prairie. She survives and matures, a pioneer woman made radiant by spirit.
This Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of My Ántonia is edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association and it presents the full range of biographical, historical, and textual information on the novel. The selection of W. T. Benda’s illustrations and the historical photography and maps also illuminate the fiction of a writer who drew so extensively on actual experience.
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9780395083567
067944727
9780395075142
9780395755143
9780140187649
9780679447276
9781620110799
039575514
067944727
9780395075142
9780395755143
9780140187649
9780679447276
9781620110799
039575514
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The Shimerdas
The hired girls
Lena Lingard
The pioneer woman's story
Cuzak's boys.
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Henry James and Willa Cather deal with the pull of the new world against the old; their calm narration with vivid imagery and a strong sense of place immerses readers in their stories. Both authors also use indirection to give readers a sense of unplumbed depth in their easily recognized characters. -- Katherine Johnson
Writing eloquently about family and community life in Kentucky in the 20th century, Wendell Berry documents changing lives while showing how the past indelibly marks the present, often evoking feelings of loss and alteration. Like Willa Cather, he writes beautifully about nature and the interaction between people and the land. -- Krista Biggs
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Annie Dillard's elegant language, vividly conveying the depth in small details of nature, will appeal to Cather's readers, especially in Dillard's fiction. Dillard's themes do not always resemble Cather's, but her writing will appeal to Cather's readers throughout. -- Katherine Johnson
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Cather's classic gets the red carpet treatment here. Along with the full text, the volume also includes historical essays and explanatary notes by scholar James Woodress along with 15 photographs and two maps. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Cather's classic gets the red carpet treatment here. Along with the full text, the volume also includes historical essays and explanatary notes by scholar James Woodress along with 15 photographs and two maps. Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information.
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information.
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