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A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather
John March, Marilyn Arnold, Debra Lynn Thornton
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A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather

John March, Marilyn Arnold, Debra Lynn Thornton John March, Marilyn Arnold, Debra Lynn Thornton

December 1993

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Thousands of entries on persons, places, events, and topics interpret allusions and illuminate Willa Cather's fictional world while enriching the reader's understanding and appreciation.

In correspondence, Willa Cather confessed to planting some of her allusions deep. This reader's companion contains thousands of lively and informative entries on persons, places, and events, fictional and real, and on quotations, works of art, and other items to reveal meanings or provide background for understanding Cather's fictional world. At the same time, it offers insights into her real world and time, her interests, and her astonishingly broad frame of reference. A lifetime project of encyclopedist John March, the once unwieldy manuscript and notes have been verified, clarified, amplified, and organized by literary scholar Marilyn Arnold, with the assistance of Debra Lynn Thornton. The goal was to develop a work that would be useful to the reader while preserving March's authorial presence has resulted in a dictionary that will both enlighten and delight.
Preface
Introduction
"Handbook of Willa Cather" by John March
Preface and Key to Symbols for Primary Sources
A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather
Reviews
...The Companion is impressive both for the knowledge of literature, art, and music Cather possessed, apparent in her many allusions, and for the detail of March's effort. The Companion makes one want to reread Cather's works more closely, or read those not yet read. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduates students, and researchers.—Choice

Literary archaeologists of the future may be able to reconstruct the outlines and many of the details of Cather's fiction just from this comprehensive and readable guide. This volume will deservedly become a standard reference. March assumed readers would move from the fiction to his handbook; the editors believe, rightly, that this companion will be read on its own. It serves admirably to illuminate the range of Cather's allusions, to increase the reader's understanding of the cultures of which she writes, and to bring the reader back to the text with a deeper understanding.—Great Plains Quarterly





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