| Description |
342 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The explicable presence of "the thing not named" -- Alexander's bridge : Cather's bridge to the soul -- A pioneer in art : staking out the claim to consciousness in O pioneers! -- Thea Kronborg's "Song of myself" : the artist's imaginative inheritance in The song of the lark -- My Àntonia : the imaginative possession of childhood -- "Strong in attack but weak in defence" : defending the usurped territory in A lost lady -- "Letting something go" : the costs of self-possession in The professor's house -- "How to recover a bishopric" : Cather's recovery of the imaginative territory in Death comes for the archbishop -- "The ownership that was right" : imaginative bonds of slavery in Sapphira and the slave girl -- "Making it over until it becomes a personal possession" : Willa Cather and the reader. |
| Subject |
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 -- Characters -- Artists.
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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. |
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Artists. |
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Art and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Art and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Artists in literature.
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Artists in literature. |
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Imagination.
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Imagination. |
| ISBN |
0945636873 alkaline paper |
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