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Willa Cather
1873 – 1947, american
Coming, Aphrodite! and Other Stories
Edited with Notes by
Margaret Anne O’Connor and an
Introduction by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
Ranging from the simplicity of Cather’s
first published story, “Peter” (1892), to
the extraordinary eroticism of “Coming,
Aphrodite!” (1920), this unique selection
of short fiction is an engaging and
triumphant testament to the genius of an
American literary icon.
352 pp. 978-0-14-118156-1 $15.00
My Ántonia
Introduction and Notes by John J. Murphy
Cather’s portrait of a remembered
American girlhood on the Nebraskan
prairie at the end of the nineteenth
century alternates between insightful
lyricism and naturalistic description,
as she explores the rich relationship of
Ántonia and the narrator, Jim Burden.
304 pp. 978-0-14-018764-9 $9.95
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O Pioneers!
Introduction by Blanche H. Gelfant
The first of Cather’s renowned prairie
novels, O Pioneers! established a new
voice in American literature—turning
the stories of ordinary Midwesterners
and immigrants into authentic literary
characters.
224 pp. 978-0-14-018775-5 $10.00
The Song of the Lark
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Sherrill Harbison
This moving story about an aspiring
musician and singer and her devotion
to her art is one of Cather’s most
autobiographical novels. As is
characteristic in Cather’s work, the
western landscape both eloquently
represents the characters’ inner lives and
regenerates their tired imaginations.
480 pp. 978-0-14-118104-2 $13.00
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Willa Cather
Born in Virginia in 1873 and raised on a Nebraska ranch, Willa Cather is known
for her beautifully evocative short stories and novels about the American West.
Cather became the managing editor for McClure’s magazine in 1906 and lived for
forty years in New York City with her companion, Edith Lewis. In 1922 Cather
won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, the story of a Western boy in World War
I. In 1933 she was awarded the Prix Femina Americaine “for distinguished literary
accomplishments.” She died in 1947.
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