Cather Studies, Volume 4

Cather Studies 4 contains eighteen essays and elaborates a theme, Willa Cathers Canadian and Old World Connections. Such connections are central to Cathers art and artistry. She transported much from the Old World to the New, shaping her antecedents to tell, in new ways, the stories of Nebraska, of the American Southwest, and especially of Quebec, in Shadows on the Rock. David Stouck details Cathers numerous Canadian connections, Richard Millington treats her anthropological re-creation of the cultural moment of seventeenth-century Quebec, and Franois Palleau-Papin finds The Hidden French in Cathers English. A volume of lively and informed criticism, Cather Studies 4 vividly demonstrates Cathers artistry and her works deep connections to the present cultural and critical moment.