Offers a comprehensive overview of the life and writings of Willa Cather, with a brief biographical profile and analysis of seven of her most popular works.
Content Note
A writer's life -- Within and against tradition : Willa Cather's literary career -- A writer's beginnings : The troll garden (1905) and Alexander's bridge (1912) -- "The land beneath your feet" : O pioneers! (1913) -- The song of the lark (1915) -- My Ántonia (1918) -- After "the world broke in two" : The professor's house (1925) -- Death comes for the archbishop (1927) -- Shadows on the rock (1931) -- Coda.