Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather

John March earned degrees in Chemistry and in Library Science. After teaching mathematics and chemistry, he became Assistant Librarian in Bibliographic Research at the University of Oklahoma and later became Senior Bibliographic Researcher at Collier's Encyclopedia. He began collecting Cather material in the late 1940s.Marilyn Arnold is Professor Emeritus of English and was formerly Dean of Graduate Studies at Brigham Young University. She has published two books on Willa Cather and numerous articles on Cather and other American writers. She also lectures widely on Cather at national conferences.Debra Lynn Thornton is a PhD candidate at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. She has written on Eudora Welty and has presented papers on Willa Cather.

• Preface Introduction "Handbook of Willa Cather" by John March Preface and Key to Symbols for Primary Sources A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather

"[T]he Companion is impressive both for the knowledge of literature, art, and music Cather possessed, apparent in her many allusions, and for the detail of March's effort. The Companion makes one want to reread Cather's works more closely, or read those not yet read. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduates students, and researchers." - Choice