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The Willa Cather Collection: 40 Classic Works
Waxkeep Publishing Collections provide history’s greatest authors’ collected works in a convenient collection complete with a linked table of contents. Waxkeep Publishing’s goal is to provide the most complete, and most easy to read collections in the marketplace.Willa Cather was a famous American author who wrote classic novels such as One of Ours and My ntonia. The Willa Cather collection includes the following My ntonia2. One of Ours3. O Pioneers!4. The Song of the Lark5. Alexanders BridgeThe collection includes the following short On the Divide7. Eric Hermannsons Soul8. The Enchanted Bluff9. The Bohemian Girl10. Flavia and Her Artists11. The Sculptors Funeral12. A Death in the Desert13. The Garden Lodge14. The Marriage of Phaedra15. A Wagner Matinee16. Pauls Case17. Coming, Aphrodite!18. The Diamond Mine19. A Gold Slipper20. Scandal21. Peter22. The Sentimentality of William Taverner23. The Namesake24. The Joy of Nelly Deane25. Consequences26. The Bookkeepers Wife27. Ardessa28. Her Boss29. The Burglars ChristmasThe collection includes essays on the Mark Twain31. William Dean Howells32. Edgar Allan Poe33. Walt Whitman34. Henry James35. Harold Frederic36. Kate Chopin37. Stephen Crane38. Frank Norris39. When I Knew Stephen Crane40. On the Art of Fiction
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Willa Cather
903 books2,787 followersWilella Sibert Cather was born in Back Creek Valley (Gore), Virginia, in December 7, 1873.
She grew up in Virginia and Nebraska. She then attended the University of Nebraska, initially planning to become a physician, but after writing an article for the Nebraska State Journal, she became a regular contributor to this journal. Because of this, she changed her major and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English.
After graduation in 1894, she worked in Pittsburgh as writer for various publications and as a school teacher for approximately 13 years, thereafter moving to New York City for the remainder of her life.
Her novels on frontier life brought her to national recognition. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, 'One of Ours' (1922), set during World War I. She travelled widely and often spent summers in New Brunswick, Canada. In later life, she experienced much negative criticism for her conservative politics and became reclusive, burning some of her letters and personal papers, including her last manuscript.
She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943. In 1944, Cather received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments.
She died of a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 73 in New York City.
She grew up in Virginia and Nebraska. She then attended the University of Nebraska, initially planning to become a physician, but after writing an article for the Nebraska State Journal, she became a regular contributor to this journal. Because of this, she changed her major and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English.
After graduation in 1894, she worked in Pittsburgh as writer for various publications and as a school teacher for approximately 13 years, thereafter moving to New York City for the remainder of her life.
Her novels on frontier life brought her to national recognition. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, 'One of Ours' (1922), set during World War I. She travelled widely and often spent summers in New Brunswick, Canada. In later life, she experienced much negative criticism for her conservative politics and became reclusive, burning some of her letters and personal papers, including her last manuscript.
She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943. In 1944, Cather received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments.
She died of a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 73 in New York City.
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April 5, 2016
This is a very comprehensive collection of Willa Cather's writings, including novels such as Oh Pioneers and My Antonia, as well as many short stories, and even includes literary criticism. Cather's writings from the late 19th century through the turn of the century include themes that ring very modern. Immigration issues, individuals having trouble acclimating to farming, to harsh winters in Nebraska are here. Also included are themes of the small town kid destined for life beyond what rural life provides. Artistic souls populate her stories with varying degrees of success and not always finding contentment even if they are successful. Much of what Cather wrote then still speaks to us today, even if her characters are riding trans and steamships instead of airplanes and receiving telegrams instead of emails. She understood her male characters as well as her females. Some fall into scandalous affairs but mostly they are confined by the standard morals of her day. I found her writing very relevant to today.
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