{"product_id":"cather-studies-volume-13-9781496224613","title":"Cather Studies Volume 13","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilla Cather wrote about the places she knew, including Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia. Often forgotten among these essential locations has been Pittsburgh. During the ten years Pittsburgh was her home (1896–1906), Cather worked as an editor, journalist, teacher, and freelance writer. She mixed with all sorts of people and formed friendships both ephemeral and lasting. She published extensively—and not just profiles and reviews but also a collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eApril Twilights\u003c\/i\u003e, and more than thirty short stories, including several collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Troll Garden\u003c\/i\u003e that are now considered masterpieces: “A Death in the Desert,” “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” “A Wagner Matinee,” and “Paul’s Case.” During extended working vacations through 1916, she finished four novels in Pittsburgh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCather Studies, Volume 13\u003c\/i\u003e explores the myriad ways that these crucial years in Pittsburgh shaped Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joining the prestigious \u003ci\u003eCather Studies\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eWilla Cather's Pittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable information and insights on what is probably the least known period in the author's life and career, her years in Pittsburgh from 1896 to 1906. Editors Tim Bintrim, James Jaap, and Kimberly Vanderlaan brought particular expertise to bear on the subject, and the result is a highly useful and thought-provoking collection.\"—Janis Stout, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Realism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Timothy W. Bintrim, James A. Jaap, and Kimberly Vanderlaan\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Becoming “Miss Cather from Pittsburgh”\u003cbr\u003e Ann Romines\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. East Meets West\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bicycles and Freedom in Red Cloud and Pittsburgh: Willa Cather’s Early Transformations of Place and Gender in “Tommy, the Unsentimental”\u003cbr\u003e Daryl W. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Where Pagodas Rise on Every Hill: Romance as Resistance in “A Son of the Celestial”\u003cbr\u003e Michael Gorman\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Boxer Rebellion, Pittsburgh’s Missionary Crisis, and “The Conversion of Sum Loo”\u003cbr\u003e Timothy W. Bintrim\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Class Action: Retrying “Paul’s Case”\u003cbr\u003e 4. Growing Pains: The City behind Cather’s Pittsburgh Classroom\u003cbr\u003e Mary Ruth Ryder\u003cbr\u003e 5. Big Steel and Class Consciousness in “Paul’s Case”\u003cbr\u003e Charmion Gustke\u003cbr\u003e 6. “The Most Exciting Attractions Are between Two Opposites That Never Meet”: Willa Cather and Andy Warhol\u003cbr\u003e Todd Richardson\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Friendships, Literary and Musical\u003cbr\u003e 7. Willa Cather as Translator: The Pittsburgh “French Soirées”\u003cbr\u003e Diane Prenatt\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Collegial Friendship: Willa Cather and Ethel Herr Litchfield\u003cbr\u003e John H. Flannigan\u003cbr\u003e 9. Grave and God-Free: Ethelbert Nevin as a Pivotal Historical Source in “The Professor’s Commencement” and \u003ci\u003eThe Professor’s House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kimberly Vanderlaan\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Later Stories\u003cbr\u003e 10. “I’m Working, I’m Working”: The Industrious Artist of Pittsburgh in Willa Cather’s \u003ci\u003eThe Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Publications\u003cbr\u003e Kelsey Squire\u003cbr\u003e 11. Venetian Window: Pittsburgh Glass and Modernist Community in “Double Birthday” \u003cbr\u003e Joseph C. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 12. Cather’s Pittsburgh and the Alchemy of Social Class\u003cbr\u003e Angela Conrad\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Why Willa Cather? A Retrospective\u003cbr\u003e John J. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409234239831,"sku":"9781496224613","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496224613.jpg?v=1730506074","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cather-studies-volume-13-9781496224613","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}