Cather, Willa 1873-1947
Overview
| Works: | 3,051 works in 10,033 publications in 25 languages and 326,626 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Domestic fiction Historical fiction History Short stories Psychological fiction Biographies Novels Musical fiction Allegories |
| Subject Headings: | Novelists, American |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Other, Author of introduction, Creator, Contributor, Dedicatee, Signer, Bibliographic antecedent, Illustrator, Compiler, wpr, Lyricist |
| Classifications: | PS3505.A87, 813.52 |
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Most widely held works about
Willa Cather
- Willa Cather by Harold Bloom( Book )
- Willa Cather by Philip L Gerber( Book )
- The stuff of our forebears : Willa Cather's Southern heritage by Joyce McDonald( )
- On the divide : the many lives of Willa Cather by David H Porter( )
- Willa Cather : the emerging voice by Sharon O'Brien( Book )
- Henry James and queer modernity by Eric L Haralson( )
- Willa Cather, queering America by Marilee Lindemann( )
- Willa Cather and material culture : real-world writing, writing the real world by Janis P Stout( )
- Cather, canon, and the politics of reading by Deborah Carlin( )
- Willa Cather : a critical biography by E. K Brown( Book )
- Willa Cather and modern cultures( )
- Willa Cather by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent( Book )
- Pioneers & caretakers : a study of 9 American women novelists by Louis Auchincloss( Book )
- Willa Cather and the politics of criticism by Joan Ross Acocella( Book )
- Axes : Willa Cather and William Faulkner by Merrill Maguire Skaggs( )
- Willa Cather's ecological imagination by Susan J Rosowski( )
- Willa, the life of Willa Cather by Phyllis C Robinson( Book )
- The American novel, 1789-1939 by Carl Van Doren( Book )
- Willa Cather's The song of the lark by Debra L Cumberland( )
- Willa Cather and her critics by James Schroeter( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Willa Cather
My Ántonia by
Willa Cather(
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760 editions published between 1918 and 2020 in 18 languages and held by 22,533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A New York lawyer remembers his boyhood in Nebraska and his friendship with a pioneer Bohemian girl
760 editions published between 1918 and 2020 in 18 languages and held by 22,533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A New York lawyer remembers his boyhood in Nebraska and his friendship with a pioneer Bohemian girl
O pioneers! by
Willa Cather(
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486 editions published between 1913 and 2020 in 10 languages and held by 17,544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the Bergson family and their friends and neighbors. Describes the pioneers' struggle for survival in the barren, underdeveloped Nebraska tableland
486 editions published between 1913 and 2020 in 10 languages and held by 17,544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the Bergson family and their friends and neighbors. Describes the pioneers' struggle for survival in the barren, underdeveloped Nebraska tableland
The song of the lark by
Willa Cather(
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295 editions published between 1901 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 11,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest, Thea Kronborg is one of seven children. But Thea is exceptional, a fact recognized by a discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado to Chicago, from Dresden to New York, culminating in a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Thea has become a great singer, but she also learns that as a true artist, she must make the most bitter sacrifices of all
295 editions published between 1901 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 11,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest, Thea Kronborg is one of seven children. But Thea is exceptional, a fact recognized by a discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado to Chicago, from Dresden to New York, culminating in a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Thea has become a great singer, but she also learns that as a true artist, she must make the most bitter sacrifices of all
Death comes for the archbishop by
Willa Cather(
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430 editions published between 1900 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 10,110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a French priest who goes to New Mexico and, with another priest, wins the Southwest for the Catholic Church. After forty years, he dies--the archbishop of Santa Fe
430 editions published between 1900 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 10,110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a French priest who goes to New Mexico and, with another priest, wins the Southwest for the Catholic Church. After forty years, he dies--the archbishop of Santa Fe
A lost lady by
Willa Cather(
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287 editions published between 1923 and 2020 in 8 languages and held by 5,499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Written from the perspective of a male narrator, Willa Cather's classic novel is an Amercian version of "Madame Bovary". It is a portrait of a talented woman trapped in the conventions and economic restraints of a marriage. It is the story of a woman who defies expectations, and whose personal changes coincide with the transforming American Frontier. In this work, Willa Cather expressed her profoundly modern feminist views in the life of an ordinary and gifted woman who is stifled by marriage."--Ingram
287 editions published between 1923 and 2020 in 8 languages and held by 5,499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Written from the perspective of a male narrator, Willa Cather's classic novel is an Amercian version of "Madame Bovary". It is a portrait of a talented woman trapped in the conventions and economic restraints of a marriage. It is the story of a woman who defies expectations, and whose personal changes coincide with the transforming American Frontier. In this work, Willa Cather expressed her profoundly modern feminist views in the life of an ordinary and gifted woman who is stifled by marriage."--Ingram
One of ours by
Willa Cather(
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220 editions published between 1901 and 2020 in 6 languages and held by 5,116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pulitzer Prize winning novel of a midwestern American's journey to the front of World War I
220 editions published between 1901 and 2020 in 6 languages and held by 5,116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pulitzer Prize winning novel of a midwestern American's journey to the front of World War I
The professor's house by
Willa Cather(
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186 editions published between 1925 and 2021 in 10 languages and held by 4,437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study in emotional dislocation and renewal--Professor Godfrey St. Peter, a man in his 50's, has achieved what would seem to be remarkable success. When called on to move to a more comfortable home, something in him rebels
186 editions published between 1925 and 2021 in 10 languages and held by 4,437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study in emotional dislocation and renewal--Professor Godfrey St. Peter, a man in his 50's, has achieved what would seem to be remarkable success. When called on to move to a more comfortable home, something in him rebels
Youth and the bright Medusa by
Willa Cather(
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116 editions published between 1920 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 4,146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into Youth and the Bright Medusa, stories of the perilous pursuit of the bright medusa of art in a hostile, materialistic world. These include some of her best tales: "Coming, Aphrodite!" focuses on a dedicated painter and his affair with a singer in pursuit of celebrity; "Paul's Case" and "A Wagner Matinee" tell of a young man and an old woman with artistic longings crushed by their environments; "The Sculptor's Funeral" and "The Diamond Mine" show the high costs of success."--Jacket
116 editions published between 1920 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 4,146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into Youth and the Bright Medusa, stories of the perilous pursuit of the bright medusa of art in a hostile, materialistic world. These include some of her best tales: "Coming, Aphrodite!" focuses on a dedicated painter and his affair with a singer in pursuit of celebrity; "Paul's Case" and "A Wagner Matinee" tell of a young man and an old woman with artistic longings crushed by their environments; "The Sculptor's Funeral" and "The Diamond Mine" show the high costs of success."--Jacket
Alexander's bridge by
Willa Cather(
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159 editions published between 1910 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Engineer Bartley Alexander appears to have a happy life in Boston with a successful career and a beautiful wife. He has been commissioned to design the Moorlock Bridge in Canada, the most important project of his career. With the onset of middle age, however, he grows increasingly restless and discontented, so much so that while in London he recklessly reignites a love affair with the sweetheart of his youth, the Irish actress Hilda Borgoyne. Although the tryst allows Alexander to recapture an element that has been missing from his pedestrian life, the relationship torments his sense of morality and eventually proves disastrous. Alexander's Bridge explores the demands of Gilded Age society on the individual, as well as the capacity of the individual to violate his own standards of integrity
159 editions published between 1910 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Engineer Bartley Alexander appears to have a happy life in Boston with a successful career and a beautiful wife. He has been commissioned to design the Moorlock Bridge in Canada, the most important project of his career. With the onset of middle age, however, he grows increasingly restless and discontented, so much so that while in London he recklessly reignites a love affair with the sweetheart of his youth, the Irish actress Hilda Borgoyne. Although the tryst allows Alexander to recapture an element that has been missing from his pedestrian life, the relationship torments his sense of morality and eventually proves disastrous. Alexander's Bridge explores the demands of Gilded Age society on the individual, as well as the capacity of the individual to violate his own standards of integrity
Sapphira and the slave girl by
Willa Cather(
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122 editions published between 1940 and 2020 in 7 languages and held by 3,743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sapphira Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, begins to persecute a young slave named Nancy, whom she unjustly suspects of seducing her husband
122 editions published between 1940 and 2020 in 7 languages and held by 3,743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sapphira Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, begins to persecute a young slave named Nancy, whom she unjustly suspects of seducing her husband
Lucy Gayheart by
Willa Cather(
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142 editions published between 1934 and 2020 in 12 languages and held by 3,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fervently pursuing the life of an artist, a young music student leaves behind her small midwestern town existence and comes to know the elation and heartache of a life in the creative world
142 editions published between 1934 and 2020 in 12 languages and held by 3,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fervently pursuing the life of an artist, a young music student leaves behind her small midwestern town existence and comes to know the elation and heartache of a life in the creative world
Early novels and stories by
Willa Cather(
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35 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first of three volumes presenting the writings of Willa Cather includes her early book of stories and first four novels. The troll garden: Cather's first short story collection, originally published in 1905, depicts characters who seek the realm of beauty and imagination, but are confronted by the vulgarity and brutality of American society. O pioneers!: In Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish immigrant Alexandra Bergson leads her family to success, but not without personal sacrifice. The song of the lark: Follows the life of Thea Kronberg from her childhood in 19th-century Colorado to her career as a renowned opera singer. My Antonia: The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant. One of ours: The son of a prosperous Nebraska farmer yearns to leave his prairie home
35 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first of three volumes presenting the writings of Willa Cather includes her early book of stories and first four novels. The troll garden: Cather's first short story collection, originally published in 1905, depicts characters who seek the realm of beauty and imagination, but are confronted by the vulgarity and brutality of American society. O pioneers!: In Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish immigrant Alexandra Bergson leads her family to success, but not without personal sacrifice. The song of the lark: Follows the life of Thea Kronberg from her childhood in 19th-century Colorado to her career as a renowned opera singer. My Antonia: The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant. One of ours: The son of a prosperous Nebraska farmer yearns to leave his prairie home
Obscure destinies by
WILLA CATHER(
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109 editions published between 1923 and 2021 in 8 languages and held by 3,005 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of three novellas honoring the settlers of the American plains
109 editions published between 1923 and 2021 in 8 languages and held by 3,005 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of three novellas honoring the settlers of the American plains
My Ántonia by
Willa Cather(
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117 editions published between 1918 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 2,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the late nineteenth century, Ántonia, a fourteen-year-old immigrant girl from Bohemia, and Jim Burden, a ten-year-old orphan boy, arrive in Black Hawk, Nebraska, and in teaching each other form a friendship that will last a lifetime
117 editions published between 1918 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 2,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the late nineteenth century, Ántonia, a fourteen-year-old immigrant girl from Bohemia, and Jim Burden, a ten-year-old orphan boy, arrive in Black Hawk, Nebraska, and in teaching each other form a friendship that will last a lifetime
My mortal enemy by
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152 editions published between 1926 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 2,712 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First published in 1926, this book is Willa Cather's sparest and most dramatic novel, a dark and prescient portrait of a marriage that subverts our oldest notions about the nature of domestic happiness. As a young woman, Myra Henshawe gave up a fortune to marry for love--a boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love. In her portrait of Myra and in her exquisitely nuanced depiction of her marriage, Cather shows the evolution of a human spirit as it comes to bridle against the constraints of ordinary happiness and seek an otherwordly fulfillment. My Mortal Enemy is a work whose drama and intensely moral imagination make it unforgettable"--Barnes & Noble
152 editions published between 1926 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 2,712 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First published in 1926, this book is Willa Cather's sparest and most dramatic novel, a dark and prescient portrait of a marriage that subverts our oldest notions about the nature of domestic happiness. As a young woman, Myra Henshawe gave up a fortune to marry for love--a boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love. In her portrait of Myra and in her exquisitely nuanced depiction of her marriage, Cather shows the evolution of a human spirit as it comes to bridle against the constraints of ordinary happiness and seek an otherwordly fulfillment. My Mortal Enemy is a work whose drama and intensely moral imagination make it unforgettable"--Barnes & Noble
Later novels by
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28 editions published between 1990 and 1996 in English and held by 2,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Here are some of the most powerful and enchanting works by this renowned Southern author, contrasting grace and old-world charm with a new generation
28 editions published between 1990 and 1996 in English and held by 2,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Here are some of the most powerful and enchanting works by this renowned Southern author, contrasting grace and old-world charm with a new generation
Stories, poems, and other writings by
Willa Cather(
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21 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and held by 2,420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume is an anthology of short stories and poetry written by American author Willa Cather (1873-1947). She achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. This book includes the short-story collections "Youth and the Bright Medusa," "Obscure Destinies," and "The Old Beauty and Others," the novellas "Alexander's Bridge" and "My Mortal Enemy," occasional pieces, critical essays, and Cather's only book of poetry
21 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and held by 2,420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume is an anthology of short stories and poetry written by American author Willa Cather (1873-1947). She achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. This book includes the short-story collections "Youth and the Bright Medusa," "Obscure Destinies," and "The Old Beauty and Others," the novellas "Alexander's Bridge" and "My Mortal Enemy," occasional pieces, critical essays, and Cather's only book of poetry
Shadows on the rock by
Willa Cather(
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202 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 2,312 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1697, Quebec is an island of French civilization perched on a bare gray rock amid a wilderness of trackless forests. For many of its settlers, Quebec is a place of exile, so remote that an entire winter passes without a word from home. But to twelve-year-old Cécile Auclair, the rock is home, where even the formidable Governor Frontenac entertains children in his palace and beavers lie beside the lambs in a Christmas créche. As Cather follows this devout and resourceful child over the course of a year, she re-creates the continent as it must have appeared to its first European inhabitants. And she gives us a spellbinding work of historical fiction in which great events occur first as rumors and then as legends--and in which even the most intimate domestic scenes are suffused with a sense of wonder."
202 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 2,312 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1697, Quebec is an island of French civilization perched on a bare gray rock amid a wilderness of trackless forests. For many of its settlers, Quebec is a place of exile, so remote that an entire winter passes without a word from home. But to twelve-year-old Cécile Auclair, the rock is home, where even the formidable Governor Frontenac entertains children in his palace and beavers lie beside the lambs in a Christmas créche. As Cather follows this devout and resourceful child over the course of a year, she re-creates the continent as it must have appeared to its first European inhabitants. And she gives us a spellbinding work of historical fiction in which great events occur first as rumors and then as legends--and in which even the most intimate domestic scenes are suffused with a sense of wonder."
The Troll garden and selected stories by
Willa Cather(
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38 editions published between 1905 and 2021 in English and held by 2,098 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Grade level: S
38 editions published between 1905 and 2021 in English and held by 2,098 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Grade level: S
Shadows on the rock by
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2 editions published in 1931 in English and held by 2,091 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Frontenac must negotiate for his control of Quebec
2 editions published in 1931 in English and held by 2,091 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Frontenac must negotiate for his control of Quebec
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Related Identities
- Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
- University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center Other
- Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961
- Faulkner, William 1897-1962 Author
- O'Brien, Sharon Author of introduction Annotator Speaker Author Editor
- James, Henry 1843-1916
- Anderson, Sherwood 1876-1941
- Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Bibliographic antecedent
- Lewis, Sinclair 1885-1951 Author
- Glasgow, Ellen 1873-1945
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African American families American fiction American fiction--Women authors American literature Brothers and sisters Canada Cather, Willa, Catholic Church Children of clergy Clergy College teachers Colorado Criticism Czech Americans Farmers' spouses Farm life Fathers and daughters Friendship Frontenac, Louis de Buade,--comte de, Frontier and pioneer life Hopi Indians Husband and wife Illinois--Chicago Jealousy Manners and customs Married women Middle-aged men Midlife crisis Navajo Indians Nebraska New Mexico Novelists, American Opera Pharmacists Physicians Québec--Québec Slavery Soldiers Swedish Americans Teacher-student relationships United States Virginia Wharton, Edith, Women Women and literature Women farmers Women immigrants Women pioneers Women singers Young women
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Alternative Names
Cather, Wilella
Cather, Wilella 1873-1947
Cather, Wilella Sibert, 1873-1947
Cather Willa
Cather, Willa 1873-1947
Cather, Willa S.
Cather, Willa S. 1873-1947
Cather Willa Sibert
Cather Willa Sibert 1873-1947
Cather, Willa Silbert.
Cather, Willa Sobert 1873-1947
Catherová, Willa
Catherová, Willa 1873-1947
Kader Vila
Katėr, Villa
Katėr, Villa 1873-1947
Kater, Willa 1873-1947
Kāz̲ar, Vīlā, 1873-1947
Kāz̲ir, Vīlā, 1873-1947
Keser, Uilla 1873-1947
Keser Vila
Kzser, Uilla
Qater, Wîla 1873-1947
Sibert Cather, Willa 1873-1947
Villa, Katėr 1873-1947
Weila Kaise 1873-1947
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Willa, Catherová 1873-1947
Willa, Kater 1873-1947
Willa Sibert Cather 1873-1947
Вила Катер
Вілла Катер
Катэр Вилла
Катэр, Вилла 1873-1947
Катэр, Вилла Сибер 1873-1947
Кэсер, Уилла
Уилла Кэсер американская писательница
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וילה קאתר
קאתר, ווילה סיברט
קאתר, וילה 1873-1947
קתר, וילה 1873-1947
ويلا كاثر روائية أمريكية
ويللا كاثر، 1873-1947
ویلا کاتر نویسنده و شاعر آمریکایی
کاذر، ويلا
วิลลา เคเธอร์
უილა ქეთერი
윌라 캐더
윌라 캐더 1873-1947
캐더, 윌라 1873-1947
캐더, 윌라 시버트 1873-1947
캐디, 윌러 1873-1947
캐서, 윌라 1873-1947
캐서, 윌라 시베르트 1873-1947
캐터, 윌라 시베르트 1873-1947
ウィラ・キャザー
キャザー, ウィラ
キャザー, ウイラ
威拉 凯瑟 1873-1947
薇拉·凯瑟
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