List of Illustrations
Introduction: Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux
Ann Moseley, John J. Murphy, and Robert Thacker
Prologue: Gifts from the Museum: Catherian Epiphanies in Context
John J. Murphy
Part 1. Beginnings
1. The Compatibility of Art and Religion for Willa Cather: From the Beginning
Steven B. Shively
2. Thea in Wonderland: Willa Cather’s Revision of the
Alice Novels and the Gender Codes of the Western Frontier
Michelle E. Moore
3. Ántonia and Hiawatha: Spectacles of the Nation
Joseph C. Murphy
Part 2. Presences
4. Willa Cather, Howard Pyle, and “The Precious Message of Romance”
Richard C. Harris
5. “Then a Great Man in American Art”: Willa Cather’s Frederic Remington
Robert Thacker
6. Willa Cather, Ernest L. Blumenschein, and "The Painting of Tomorrow"
James A. Jaap
7. From
The Song of the Lark to
Lucy Gayheart, and
Die Walküre to
Die WinterreiseDavid Porter
8. The Trafficking of Mrs. Forrester: Prostitution and Willa Cather's
A Lost LadyCharmion Gustke
9. The Outlandish Hands of Fred Demmler: Pittsburgh Prototypes in
The Professor’s HouseTimothy W. Bintrim
10. Translating the Southwest: The 1940 French Edition of
Death Comes for the ArchbishopMark J. Madigan
Part 3. Articulation:
The Song of the Lark 11. Elements of Modernism in
The Song of the LarkAnn Moseley
12. “The Earliest Sources of Gladness”: Reading the Deep Map of Cather’s Southwest
Diane Prenatt
13. Re(con)ceiving Experience: Cognitive Science and Creativity in
The Song of the Lark Joshua Doležal
14. Women and Vessels in
The Song of the Lark and
Shadows on the RockAngela Conrad
Epilogue: The Difference That Letters Make: A Meditation on
The Selected Letters of Willa CatherAndrew Jewell and Janis Stout
Contributors
Index