Articles related to "Willa Cather"

Willa Cather was not born in Red Cloud, but the years she spent in the small Nebraska town provided inspiration for some of her best-known novels about prairie life.

A brief Author Snapshot Biography of the life and works of writer Willa Cather, American Fiction author.

Willa Cather's Fifth Novel is as Enduring and Complex as any Written about the Great War

Paul's Case is the story of a sensitive boy with an artistic temperament whose attempt to escape his mundane future ends in tragedy.

In the 1900s, Rose Standish Nichols, one of Boston's prominent residents ,distinguished herself as a business woman, an author, and an advocate for Women's Rights.

Interested in the human experience, author Willa Cather is perhaps best known for her stories centering around pioneer life in her beloved state of Nebraska.

Willa Cather is strongly associated with the midwest. Her childhood years formed the setting and inspiration for My Antonia, O Pioneers! and other famous works.

In Classic Literature, readers seldom wonder who is villain and who is hero, or if good will triumph. With the turn of the 20th Century, came a new kind of novel.

Death Comes for the Archbishop, a significant change from the Midwestern landscapes of O Pioneers! and My Antonia is considered Cather's most thought-provoking novel.

Louise Pound was a renowned athlete, scholar and champion of women's rights, laying the groundwork for equal access to athletic and educational opportunity.

Willa Cather's groundbreaking short story, "Paul's Case," written in 1906, is a study of youth, family, sexuality, and the dangers of being different.

Helen Winter Stauffer writes an in depth biography on the top ranked writer of Nebraska's history in fiction and nonfiction.

YAL is one of the most misunderstood literary genres, but a closer look reveals the obvious: YAL shares characteristics of the modernist period of American literature.

In the last six months, The Big Read initiative by the NEA has created a list of books that many communities around the country were reading together.

A brief look at the Hambourg brothers, Mark, Jan, Boris and Clement, who directed a music conservatory in Toronto and were performers of note.

Wendy? Winter? Willow? Here are some of the unique baby girl names that start with the letter W.

Every editor needs inspiration to remain focused and motivated on the job before them. These quotes spoken by well-known writers and editors are great to keep handy.

A brief biography of writer and poet Stephen Crane, well-known for his use of realism in his works.

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Is it correct in English to split an Infinitive? A look at this vexed question of English grammar.

When the weather outside begins to cool off for the year, and the next rain or snow storm begins to set in, it is nice to have a good book list to curl up with.