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My Ántonia: New Readings for a Centennial Celebration

… a paradigmatic American narrative and continues to invite new and varied interpretations.  This program, to be held at … is scheduled for April 7, 2018, at 2 p.m.  “ My Ántonia : New Readings for a Centennial Celebration” opens new opportunities for understanding  My Ántonia  as a …
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Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. … motto is from Pope’s “Essay on Man,” a line well-loved by newspaper writers. Mrs. Keifer’s father-in-law, J. W. …
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Finding Aids

…   1893   Document TEX-250-391-062 Plat of B&M Railroad Lands Burlington & Missouri River Railroad co. 1880   … and journals, Union College, Western Literature, Prairie Schooner, etc   Box 46 Cassettes and Recordings … 1968   Book April Twilights Willa Cather 1968   Magazine Prairie Schooner : Emily Dickinson Edition (vol. 51 no. 4)   …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… Willa Cather Review ,  Cather Studies , and editing the scholarly edition of  One of Ours.  “She was a first-rate … from what she’s read and heard. For example, in  A Lost Lady —Harris’ favorite Cather novel—Cather references Bible …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… but her national literary stature. As a result of the passage of LB 807 in 2018, statues of Willa Cather and Ponca … Capitol for generations to come, was something I could not pass up, and the chance to participate in this moment was …
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Willa Cather Biography

… from and references to Cather’s own letters. Thus without question, the complex brilliance Skaggs saw in Cather during … more than that, of herself as a person. The character in question is the book's antagonist, Clement Sebastian, who … help secret Nancy, the enslaved girl, away from slavery to freedom in Canada. It concludes in a way reminiscent of …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… 16.1  Winter 1972 Editor: Miriam Mountford  Cather Horne Named … of Grace  AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13  John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15  WCPM announces 1985 trip … daughter of Roscoe Cather dies p. 11  First scholarly volumes to be produced p. 37  …
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Antonia's Accent

… over the first syllable in her memorable character's name — Ántonia — to indicate the greater stress that syllable would … the accent in our references to the character or to My Antonia. Some of these visitors will, with justification, … a debate we're quite willing to conduct. As readers of the Scholarly Edition of the novel will know: "In Czech the name …
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"Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing"

… Image "Food, Drink, and Willa Cather's Writing" July 23, 2009 The 2010 Willa Cather Spring … drink in Willa Cather's writing, based in Cather's "home town" of Red Cloud and the surrounding countryside. The … with Cather scholars, historians, and cooks; kitchen tours at Cather historic sites, with samplings of …
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