Oh, I am reading A Lost Lady right now due to a Harold Bloom mention that it and My Antonia are her best works. Didn’t realize there is a disappointing movie version.
I love Willa Cather--have read many (most?) of her novels. Nebraska can be beautiful, especially when the setting sun shines across the plains under the thunderclouds.
I’m not well read and am a bit embarrassed that I have not read Cather though I’ve known about her since high school. I can’t help but wonder if Cather knew/knew of Rose Wilder Lane, another writer of the American prairie whose *The Discovery of Freedom* had a big impact on me and my early libertarian leanings.
Is there an annotated print edition of My Antonia that is worth getting? Amazon looks to be cluttered with low quality versions from the public domain text.
Willa Cather: Great American Novelist
Oh, I am reading A Lost Lady right now due to a Harold Bloom mention that it and My Antonia are her best works. Didn’t realize there is a disappointing movie version.
I love Willa Cather--have read many (most?) of her novels. Nebraska can be beautiful, especially when the setting sun shines across the plains under the thunderclouds.
I’m not well read and am a bit embarrassed that I have not read Cather though I’ve known about her since high school. I can’t help but wonder if Cather knew/knew of Rose Wilder Lane, another writer of the American prairie whose *The Discovery of Freedom* had a big impact on me and my early libertarian leanings.
Yup. I was assigned My Antonia in 10th grade and I didn't get it at all.
One of my favorites. She wrote some excellent short stories too, like 'Paul's Case'.
I'll do that. I also quite enjoyed Sinclair Lewis' Arrowsmith.
Is there an annotated print edition of My Antonia that is worth getting? Amazon looks to be cluttered with low quality versions from the public domain text.