Cather Studies, Volume 8

Willa Cather: a Writer's Worlds

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av Cather Studies, John J. Murphy, Francoise Palleau-Papin, Robert Thacker, John J Murphy

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The essays in Cather Studies, Volume 8 explore the many locales and cultures informing Willa Cather's fiction. A lifelong Francophile, Cather first visited France in 1902 and returned repeatedly throughout her life. Her visits to France influenced not only her writing but also her interpretation of other worlds: for example, while visiting the American Southwest in 1912, a region that informed her subsequent works, she first viewed that landscape through the prism of her memories of Provence. Cather's intellectual intercourse between the Old and the New World was a two-way street, moving both people and cultural mores between the two. But her worlds extended far beyond France, or even geographical locations. This new volume pairs Cather innovatively with additional influences—theological, aesthetic, even gastronomical—and examines her as tourist and traveler cautiously yet assiduously exploring a diverse range of places, ethnicities, and professions.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-11-01
Mått140 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt650 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCather Studies
Antal sidor277
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN9780803230255

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John J. Murphy is a professor emeritus at Brigham Young University. He is the volume editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop (Nebraska 1999) and coeditor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Shadows on the Rock (Nebraska 2005). Françoise Palleau-Papin teaches American literature at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle and is the author of This Is Not a Tragedy: The Works of David Markson. Robert Thacker is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Canadian Studies and English at St. Lawrence University. He is the author of The Great Prairie Fact and Literary Imagination and the coeditor of Cather Studies, Volume 4: Willa Cather's Canadian and Old World Connections (Nebraska 1999). Contributors: Manuel Broncano, Marc Chénetier, Joshua Dolezal, Mathieu Duplay, Stéphanie Durrans, Evelyn I. Funda, Cristina Giorcelli, Richard C. Harris, Melissa J. Homestead, Andrew Jewell, Jean-François Leroux, Mark Madigan, Ann Moseley, John J. Murphy, Joseph C. Murphy, Elsa Nettels, Julie Olin-Ammentorp, Françoise Palleau-Papin, Charles A. Peek, David H. Porter, Diane Prenatt, Ann Romines, Janet Sharistanian, Merrill Maguire Skaggs, John N. Swift, Robert Thacker, and Joseph Urgo.

Editorial PolicyIntroduction: Translating Cather's WorldsFrançoise Palleau-Papin and Robert Thacker Prelude: The Prophetess and the Professor: Rescuing Cather from the PastCharles A. Peek Part 1. Cather and France, Cather and French Literature1. Sorbonne Keynote Address: Shadows of a Rock: Translating Willa CatherMarc Chénetier2. "The Bravest Act of His Life": Cather, Claude, and the Disadvantages of a Prairie ChildhoodElsa Nettels3. Willa Cather in Paris: The Mystery of a Torn PhotographMark J. Madigan4. "Pershing's Crusaders": G. P. Cather, Claude Wheeler, and the aef Soldier in FranceRichard C. Harris5. Claude Wheeler's Three Joans in One of OursJanet Sharistanian6. From St. Joan to Madame Joubert: Pilgrimage and Ethnic MemoryDiane Prenatt7. Willa Cather's One of Ours, Edith Wharton's A Son at the Front, and the Literature of the Great WarJulie Olin-Ammentorp8. Willa Cather's La comédie humaineAnn Moseley9. Willa Cather: Flaubert's Parrot?Merrill Maguire Skaggs10. The Temptation of St. Peter: Flaubert's Saint Anthony and Cather's The Professor's HouseStéphanie Durrans11. Chance Meetings in Southern FranceDavid H. Porter Part 2. Great Facts and Aesthetic Techniques12. "As in a Mirror and a Symbolism": Pascal's Mystical Theology and Cather's Divine Geometry in Death Comes for the ArchbishopJean-François Leroux13. Cather's Ruskinian Landscapes: Typologies of the New WorldJoseph C. Murphy14. "The Thrill of His Own Poor Little Nerve": Art and the Ambivalence of Voice in My Mortal EnemyMathieu Duplay15. Writing and/as Weaving: Shadows on the Rock and La dame à la licorneCristina Giorcelli16. Chocolate, Cannibalism, and Gastronomical Meaning in Shadows on the RockAndrew Jewell Part 3. Other Worlds, Other Places17. Willa Cather in Space: Exile, Vagrancy, and KnowingJohn N. Swift18. Report from Cherry Valley, Where Willa Cather Was Very Likely "Overcome by a Feeling of Place"Joseph R. Urgo19. Edith Lewis as Editor, Every Week Magazine, and the Contexts of Cather's FictionMelissa J. Homestead20. Picturing Their Ántonia(s): Mikolá Ale and the Partnership of W. T. Benda and Willa CatherEvelyn I. Funda21. Willa Cather's Hispanic Epiphanies and The Professor's HouseManuel Broncano22. Losing and Finding Race: Old Jezebel's African StoryAnn Romines23. The Fire in the Ash: Dissent and Progressivism in Cather's "Double Birthday"Joshua Dolezal Postlude: The Green Vase, the Yellow Orange, and the White Chapel: Trying to Define an ArtJohn J. Murphy ContributorsIndex

"Cather Studies continues to assemble and inspire the most well-informed writing on Willa Cather's life and literature. The twenty-three essays in this volume further elevate Cather's reputation for meticulous attention to detail when presenting various cultures in her fiction."—Derek Driedger, Great Plains Quarterly "Cather Studies has long been the repository of worthwhile scholarship, and this eighth volume does not disappoint. Catherians who missed the European seminar will learn much from this readable, revelatory, and elegantly designed volume."—Timothy W. Bintrim, Western American Literature