Buy now with 1-Click Willa Cather was an American author famously known for her books of frontier life on the Great Plains including, My Antonia (1918), The Song of the Lark (1915), and O Pioneers (1913). Mass Market Paperback Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC , "Sometimes, when I have watched the bright beginning of a love story, when I have seen a common feeling exalted into beauty by imagination, generosity, and the flaming courage of youth, I have heard again that strange complaint breathed by a dying woman into the stillness of night, like a confession of the soul: 'Why must I die like this, alone with my mortal enemy.'"

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82 Mencken apologized for having suggested that Cather was a talented but inconsequential imitator of Cather made her last trip to Red Cloud in 1931 for a family gathering following the death of her mother. Cather presents them as strong, committed men, willing to put up with great hardships in doing what they saw as God’s work and sharing their faith. , Lewis recalled: "From the first moment that she looked down from the windows of the [Chateau] Frontenac [Hotel] on the pointed roofs and Although Cather began her writing career as a journalist, she made a distinction between journalism, which she saw as being primarily informative, and literature, which she saw as an art form.She had formed and matured her ideas on art before she wrote a novel. With the country on the brink of World War One, "One of Ours" is an important document of a changing American frontier and the plight of one young man to deal with it. Paperback The National Willa Cather Center is the registered tradename of the Willa Cather Foundation, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt charitable organization (tax identifcation number 47-0485401) under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Flawed, like all of us are, but good at heart. As is typical with much of Cather's work, "The Song of the Lark" is a portrayal of an independent-minded woman with a strong work ethic who will not allow anything or anyone to get in the way of her own personal achievement. Audible Audiobook Audio CD ,

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Her story is told through the eyes of Jim Burden, a neighbor who will befriend Ántonia, teach her English, and follow the remarkable story of her life. The Song of the Lark was written by Willa Cather. Resources for Writers includes VAT* ) and The Song of the Lark.My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Ántonia. ,