246 pages
10 illustrations, index
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Willa Cather and the Arts
Guy J. Reynolds
1. “A Lot of Things”: The Value of the Vernacular in Shadows on the Rock
Diane Prenatt
2. “Down by de Canebrake”: Willa Cather, Sterling A. Brown, and the Racialized Vernacular
Janis P. Stout
3. The Singer as Artist: Willa Cather, Olive Fremstad, and the Artist’s Voice
Sarah L. Young
4. Cather’s Evolving Ear: Music Reheard in the Late Fiction
John H. Flannigan
5. Memory and Image: Graphemics for a New Frontier Icon in My Ántonia
Joyce Kessler
6. “Paul’s Case” and Pittsburgh: Industry and Art in the Great Manufacturing Town
James A. Jaap
7. Under the White Mulberry Tree: Food and Artistry in Cather’s Orchards
Stephanie Tsank
8. “The Passionless Bride”: Love, Loss, and Lucretius in The Professor’s House
Matthew Hokum
9. Advertising Willa Cather as Product
Erika K. Hamilton
Contributors
Index