Cather Studies, Volume 12

Guy J. Reynolds is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the director of the Cather Project. He is the author of Apostles of Modernity: American Writers in the Age of Development (Nebraska, 2008) and Willa Cather in Context: Progress, Race, Empire, as well as a former general editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition series.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Willa Cather and the ArtsGuy J. Reynolds1. “A Lot of Things”: The Value of the Vernacular in Shadows on the RockDiane Prenatt2. “Down by de Canebrake”: Willa Cather, Sterling A. Brown, and the Racialized VernacularJanis P. Stout3. The Singer as Artist: Willa Cather, Olive Fremstad, and the Artist’s VoiceSarah L. Young4. Cather’s Evolving Ear: Music Reheard in the Late FictionJohn H. Flannigan5. Memory and Image: Graphemics for a New Frontier Icon in My ÁntoniaJoyce Kessler6. “Paul’s Case” and Pittsburgh: Industry and Art in the Great Manufacturing TownJames A. Jaap7. Under the White Mulberry Tree: Food and Artistry in Cather’s OrchardsStephanie Tsank8. “The Passionless Bride”: Love, Loss, and Lucretius in The Professor’s HouseMatthew Hokum9. Advertising Willa Cather as ProductErika K. HamiltonContributorsIndex

"Willa Cather and the Arts reveals a writer deeply embedded in, and curious about, her geographical, historical, and cultural moment."-Maura D'Amore, Great Plains Quarterly "The collected essays within volume 12 of Cather Studies offer an invaluable addition to every Cather scholar's library-just as it presents fresh and readable new insights for the more casual Cather enthusiast."-Kim Vanderlaan, American Literary Realism "A must for Cather readers."-N. Birns, Choice "This twelfth volume of Cather Studies continues an active conversation in Cather scholarship about the writer’s engagement with artistic traditions, such as painting and opera. One solid strength of this particular collection . . . is its expansive definition of the arts in Cather’s work-inclusive of both traditional arts like painting and music as well as domestic arts, Black vernacular in poetry, illustrations, and consumer objects."-Holly Blackford, Western American Literature