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The song of the lark / Willa Cather ; historical essay and explanatory notes by Ann Moseley ; textual essay and editing by Kari A. Ronning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
- Series:
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. 1992. Works.
- The Willa Cather scholarly edition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women singers--Fiction.
- Women singers.
- Children of clergy--Fiction.
- Children of clergy.
- Swedish Americans--Fiction.
- Swedish Americans.
- Young women--Fiction.
- Young women.
- Opera--Fiction.
- Opera.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Colorado--Fiction.
- Colorado.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (977 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Willa Cather's third novel, The Song of the Lark, depicts the growth of an artist, singer Thea Kronborg. In creating Thea's character, Cather was inspired by the Swedish-born immigrant and renowned Wagnerian soprano Olive Fremstad, although Thea's early life also has much in common with Cather's own.Set from 1885 to 1909, the novel traces Thea's long journey from her fictional hometown of Moonstone, Colorado, to her source of inspiration in the Southwest, and to New York and the Metropolitan Opera House. As she makes her own way in the world from an unlikely background, Thea d
- Contents:
- Preface
- The song of the lark
- Acknowledgments
- Historical apparatus:
- Historical essay
- Preface to the 1932 Jonathan Cape edition
- Illustrations following page
- Explanatory notes
- Textual apparatus
- Textual essay
- Emendations
- Notes on emendations
- Table of rejected substantives
- Word division.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-55083-0
- 9786613863287
- 0-8032-4472-X
- OCLC:
- 815388505
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