Cather Studies, Volume 13

Willa Cather's Pittsburgh

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvCather Studies,Timothy W. Bintrim,James A. Jaap,Kimberly Vanderlaan

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Willa Cather wrote about the places she knew, including Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia. Often forgotten among these essential locations has been Pittsburgh. During the ten years Pittsburgh was her home (1896–1906), Cather worked as an editor, journalist, teacher, and freelance writer. She mixed with all sorts of people and formed friendships both ephemeral and lasting. She published extensively-and not just profiles and reviews but also a collection of poetry, April Twilights, and more than thirty short stories, including several collected in The Troll Garden that are now considered masterpieces: “A Death in the Desert,” “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” “A Wagner Matinee,” and “Paul’s Case.” During extended working vacations through 1916, she finished four novels in Pittsburgh.Cather Studies, Volume 13 explores the myriad ways that these crucial years in Pittsburgh shaped Cather’s writing career and the artistic, professional, and personal connections she made there. With contributions from fourteen well-known Cather scholars, this collection of essays recognizes the importance Pittsburgh played in Cather’s life and work and deepens our appreciation of how her art examines and elucidates the human experience.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-07-01
Mått140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCather Studies
Antal sidor378
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN9781496224613

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List of IllustrationsIntroductionTimothy W. Bintrim, James A. Jaap, and Kimberly VanderlaanPrologue: Becoming “Miss Cather from Pittsburgh”Ann RominesPart 1. East Meets West1. Bicycles and Freedom in Red Cloud and Pittsburgh: Willa Cather’s Early Transformations of Place and Gender in “Tommy, the Unsentimental”Daryl W. Palmer2. Where Pagodas Rise on Every Hill: Romance as Resistance in “A Son of the Celestial”Michael Gorman3. The Boxer Rebellion, Pittsburgh’s Missionary Crisis, and “The Conversion of Sum Loo”Timothy W. BintrimPart 2. Class Action: Retrying “Paul’s Case”4. Growing Pains: The City behind Cather’s Pittsburgh ClassroomMary Ruth Ryder5. Big Steel and Class Consciousness in “Paul’s Case”Charmion Gustke6. “The Most Exciting Attractions Are between Two Opposites That Never Meet”: Willa Cather and Andy WarholTodd RichardsonPart 3. Friendships, Literary and Musical7. Willa Cather as Translator: The Pittsburgh “French SoirÉes”Diane Prenatt8. A Collegial Friendship: Willa Cather and Ethel Herr LitchfieldJohn H. Flannigan9. Grave and God-Free: Ethelbert Nevin as a Pivotal Historical Source in “The Professor’s Commencement” and The Professor’s HouseKimberly VanderlaanPart 4. Later Stories10. “I’m Working, I’m Working”: The Industrious Artist of Pittsburgh in Willa Cather’s The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine PublicationsKelsey Squire11. Venetian Window: Pittsburgh Glass and Modernist Community in “Double Birthday” Joseph C. Murphy12. Cather’s Pittsburgh and the Alchemy of Social ClassAngela ConradEpilogue: Why Willa Cather? A RetrospectiveJohn J. MurphyContributorsIndex

"Joining the prestigious Cather Studies series, Willa Cather's Pittsburgh provides valuable information and insights on what is probably the least known period in the author's life and career, her years in Pittsburgh from 1896 to 1906. Editors Tim Bintrim, James Jaap, and Kimberly Vanderlaan brought particular expertise to bear on the subject, and the result is a highly useful and thought-provoking collection."-Janis Stout, American Literary Realism