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My Ántonia / Willa Cather ; with an introduction and notes by Gordon Tapper.

Van Pelt Library PS3505.A87 M9 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Contributor:
Tapper, Gordon A.
Series:
Barnes & Noble classics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Farmers' spouses--Fiction.
Farmers' spouses.
Women pioneers--Fiction.
Women pioneers.
Farm life--Fiction.
Farm life.
Nebraska--Fiction.
Nebraska.
Genre:
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Western stories.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 249 pages ; 17 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, [2003]
Summary:
Among Cather's lush descriptions of the Midwestern American landscape in "My Antonia are gems of prose like this: "That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep." Cather's simple, eloquent novel tells the story of the Bohemian girl Antonia and her communion with the harsh, unforgiving land, the only source of true happiness she knows. This new volume includes critical reviews and discussion questions. Gordon Tapper is Assistant Professor of English at DePauw University. Tapper has published numerous reviews and articles, and Routledge will publish his dissertation "The Machine that Sings: Modernism, Hart Crane, and the Culture of the Body in 2003.
Contents:
The World of Willa Cather and My Antonia ix
My Antonia 1
Book I. The Shimerdas 7
Book II. The Hired Girls 95
Book III. Lena Lingard 165
Book IV. The Pioneer Woman's Story 191
Book V. Cuzak's Boys 209.
Notes:
Originally published: 1918.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249).
ISBN:
1593080247
9781593080242
OCLC:
53970514

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