David Porter, a professor of classics, English, and music from 1962 to 2013, also served as president of Carleton College (1986–87) and Skidmore College (1987–99). He is the author of On the Divide: The Many Lives of Willa Cather (Nebraska, 2008) and coauthor of Seeking Life Whole: Willa Cather and the Brewsters. Kari A. Ronning is a research associate professor of English and textual editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Editions, most recently The Song of the Lark (Nebraska, 2012). She worked on the historical editing of A Lost Lady (Nebraska, 1997) and Obscure Destinies (Nebraska, 1998). Frederick M. Link (1930–2011), professor emeritus of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the textual editor of Cather’s Obscure Destinies (Nebraska, 1998), The Professor’s House (Nebraska, 2002), and Shadows on the Rock (Nebraska, 2006).

• Preface  Lucy GayheartAcknowledgmentsHistorical Apparatus:Historical EssayIllustrationsExplanatory NotesTextual Apparatus:Textual EssayEmendationsNotes on EmendationsTable of Rejected SubstantivesWord Division

"The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Lucy Gayheart provides readers with a fresh and insightful look at Cather’s penultimate, and often undervalued, novel."-Emily J. Rau, Great Plains Quarterly

David Porter, a professor of classics, English, and music from 1962 to 2013, also served as president of Carleton College (1986–87) and Skidmore College (1987–99). He is the author of On the Divide: The Many Lives of Willa Cather (Nebraska, 2008) and coauthor of Seeking Life Whole: Willa Cather and the Brewsters. Kari A. Ronning is a research associate professor of English and textual editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Editions, most recently The Song of the Lark (Nebraska, 2012). She worked on the historical editing of A Lost Lady (Nebraska, 1997) and Obscure Destinies (Nebraska, 1998). Frederick M. Link (1930–2011), professor emeritus of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the textual editor of Cather’s Obscure Destinies (Nebraska, 1998), The Professor’s House (Nebraska, 2002), and Shadows on the Rock (Nebraska, 2006).

• Preface  Lucy GayheartAcknowledgmentsHistorical Apparatus:Historical EssayIllustrationsExplanatory NotesTextual Apparatus:Textual EssayEmendationsNotes on EmendationsTable of Rejected SubstantivesWord Division

"The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Lucy Gayheart provides readers with a fresh and insightful look at Cather’s penultimate, and often undervalued, novel."-Emily J. Rau, Great Plains Quarterly

David Porter, a professor of classics, English, and music from 1962 to 2013, also served as president of Carleton College (1986–87) and Skidmore College (1987–99). He is the author of On the Divide: The Many Lives of Willa Cather (Nebraska, 2008) and coauthor of Seeking Life Whole: Willa Cather and the Brewsters. Kari A. Ronning is a research associate professor of English and textual editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Editions, most recently The Song of the Lark (Nebraska, 2012). She worked on the historical editing of A Lost Lady (Nebraska, 1997) and Obscure Destinies (Nebraska, 1998). Frederick M. Link (1930–2011), professor emeritus of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the textual editor of Cather’s Obscure Destinies (Nebraska, 1998), The Professor’s House (Nebraska, 2002), and Shadows on the Rock (Nebraska, 2006).

• Preface  Lucy GayheartAcknowledgmentsHistorical Apparatus:Historical EssayIllustrationsExplanatory NotesTextual Apparatus:Textual EssayEmendationsNotes on EmendationsTable of Rejected SubstantivesWord Division

"The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of Lucy Gayheart provides readers with a fresh and insightful look at Cather’s penultimate, and often undervalued, novel."-Emily J. Rau, Great Plains Quarterly