Willa Cather

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1) My Antonia

Author

Cather, Willa

Series

Oxford world's classics

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

Formats

Book, NB - Locally Owned

Description

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"My Antonia(1918) depicts the pioneering period of European settlement on the tall-grass prairie of the American midwest, with its beautiful yet terrifying landscape, rich ethnic mix of immigrants and native-born Americans, and communities who share life's joys and sorrows". --- back cover.

2) Not under forty

Author

Cather, Willa

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Pub. Date

1988.

Language

English

Description

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For Willa Cather, "the world broke in two in 1922 or thereabouts." The whole legacy of Western civilization stood on the far side of World War I, and in the spiritually impoverished present she looked back to that. To that she directed readers of these essays, declaring that anyone under forty years old would not be interested in them. But she was wrong: since its first publication in 1936, "Not Under Forty" has appealed to readers of all ages who...

3) The selected letters of Willa Cather

Author

Cather, Willa

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

Description

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A first publication of the acclaimed writer's personal correspondences includes whimsical teenage reports of her 1880s Red Cloud life, letters written during her early journalism years and the 1940s exchanges penned in observation of World War II and her own struggles with aging. -- Publishers Description.