The Cambridge Companion to Willa Cather

doi:10.1017/CCOL052182110X

The Cambridge Companion to Willa Cather offers thirteen original essays by leading scholars of a major American modernist novelist. Willa Cather's luminous prose is 'easy' to read yet surprisingly difficult to understand. The essays collected here are theoretically informed but accessibly written and cover the full range of Cather's career, including most of her twelve novels and several of her short stories. The essays situate Cather's work in a broad range of critical, cultural, and literary contexts, and the introduction explores current trends in Cather scholarship as well as the author's place in contemporary culture. With a detailed chronology and a guide to further reading, the volume offers students and teachers a fresh and thorough sense of the author of My Ántonia, The Professor's House, and Death Comes for the Archbishop.

'… should be in every library collecting materials on American literature and culture.'

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Frontmatter
pp i-xx
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Introduction
pp 1-16
- By Marilee Lindemann
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Part I - Contexts and critical issues
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1 - Willa Cather as progressive
pp 19-34
- By Guy J. Reynolds
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2 - The Cather thesis
pp 35-50
the American empire of migration
- By Joseph R. Urgo
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3 - Willa Cather’s American modernism
pp 51-65
- By Richard H. Millington
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4 - Willa Cather and the geography of Jewishness
pp 66-85
- By Lisa Marcus
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5 - Willa Cather and sexuality
pp 86-100
- By Jonathan Goldberg
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6 - Willa Cather and the performing arts
pp 101-115
- By Janis P. Stout
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7 - Willa Cather and the comic sense of self
pp 116-130
- By Susan J. Rosowski
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8 - Cather and the short story
pp 131-145
- By Mark J. Madigan
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9 - Willa Cather in the country of the ill
pp 146-156
- By Sharon O’brien
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Part II - Studies of major works
pp 157-158
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10 - Rereading My Ántonia
pp 159-174
- By Anne E. Goldman
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11 - Fictions of possession in The Professor’s House
pp 175-190
- By John N. Swift
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12 - Catholic expansionism and the politics of depression in Death Comes for the Archbishop
pp 191-204
- By Leona Sevick
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13 - Willa Cather and “the old story”
pp 205-221
- By Ann Romines
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Selected bibliography
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-xx

Introduction
pp 1-16

Part I - Contexts and critical issues
pp 17-18

1 - Willa Cather as progressive
pp 19-34

2 - The Cather thesis
pp 35-50

3 - Willa Cather’s American modernism
pp 51-65

4 - Willa Cather and the geography of Jewishness
pp 66-85

5 - Willa Cather and sexuality
pp 86-100

6 - Willa Cather and the performing arts
pp 101-115

7 - Willa Cather and the comic sense of self
pp 116-130

8 - Cather and the short story
pp 131-145

9 - Willa Cather in the country of the ill
pp 146-156

Part II - Studies of major works
pp 157-158

10 - Rereading My Ántonia
pp 159-174

11 - Fictions of possession in The Professor’s House
pp 175-190

12 - Catholic expansionism and the politics of depression in Death Comes for the Archbishop
pp 191-204

13 - Willa Cather and “the old story”
pp 205-221

Selected bibliography
pp 222-227

Index
pp 228-229

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