Sapphira and the Slave Girl

Ann Romines, a professor of English at the George Washington University, is a well-known Cather scholar. She is the author and editor of several books, including Willa Cather's Southern Connections: New Essays on Cather and the South.  Charles W. Mignon and Frederick M. Link are both professors emeritus of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and textual editors of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition series.  Kari A. Ronning is a research associate professor of English, assistant editor of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition series, and codirector of the Willa Cather Journalism project at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

• PrefaceSapphira and the Slave GirlAcknowledgmentsHistorical Apparatus:Historical EssayIllustrations     following page 000Explanatory NotesTextual Apparatus:Textual EssayAppendixes to the Textual EssayEmendationsNotes on EmendationsTable of Rejected SubstantivesWord Division

"The most significant achievement of this edition is that it will help scholars at every level understand the novel as evidence of Cather's involvement in public intellectual debates of her era, as well as of her complex personal involvement with the interrelation of memory, aesthetics, loss, and aging."—Robin Hackett, Great Plains Quarterly