{"product_id":"cather-studies-volume-12-willa-cather-and-the-arts-paperback-softback-9781496217646","title":"Cather Studies, Volume 12; Willa Cather and the Arts (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496217646","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCather Studies, Volume 12\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWilla Cather and the Arts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCather Studies (Author), Guy J. Reynolds (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496217646\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 10 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWilla Cather and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a writer deeply embedded in, and curious about, her geographical, historical, and cultural moment.\"-Maura D'Amore, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"The collected essays within volume 12 of \u003ci\u003eCather Studies\u003c\/i\u003e offer an invaluable addition to every Cather scholar's library-just as it presents fresh and readable new insights for the more casual Cather enthusiast.\"-Kim Vanderlaan,\u003ci\u003e American Literary Realism\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"A must for Cather readers.\"-N. Birns, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This twelfth volume of Cather Studies continues an active conversation in Cather scholarship about the writer’s engagement with artistic traditions, such as painting and opera. One solid strength of this particular collection . . . is its expansive definition of the arts in Cather’s work-inclusive of both traditional arts like painting and music as well as domestic arts, Black vernacular in poetry, illustrations, and consumer objects.\"-Holly Blackford, \u003ci\u003eWestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOver the five decades of her writing career Willa Cather responded to, and entered into dialogue with, shifts in the terrain of American life. These cultural encounters informed her work as much as the historical past in which much of her writing is based. Cather was a multifaceted cultural critic, immersing herself in the arts, broadly defined: theater and opera, art, narrative, craft production. \u003ci\u003eWilla Cather and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e shows that Cather repeatedly engaged with multiple forms of art, and that even when writing about the past she was often addressing contemporary questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The essays in this volume are informed by new modes of contextualization, including the increasingly popular view of Cather as a pivotal or transitional figure working between and across very different cultural periods and by the recent publication of Cather’s correspondence. The collection begins by exploring the ways Cather encountered and represented high and low cultures, including Cather’s use of “racialized vernacular” in \u003ci\u003eSapphira and the Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. The next set of essays demonstrates how historical research, often focusing on local features in Cather’s fiction, contributes to our understanding of American culture, from musicological sources to the cultural development of Pittsburgh. The final trio of essays highlights current Cather scholarship, including a food studies approach to \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers!\u003c\/i\u003e and an examination of Cather’s use of ancient philosophy in \u003ci\u003eThe Professor’s House\u003c\/i\u003e. Together the essays reassess Cather’s lifelong encounter with, and interpretation and reimagining of, the arts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Willa Cather and the Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuy J. Reynolds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. “A Lot of \u003ci\u003eThings\u003c\/i\u003e”: The Value of the Vernacular in \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiane Prenatt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. “Down by de Canebrake”: Willa Cather, Sterling A. Brown, and the Racialized Vernacular\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanis P. Stout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. The Singer as Artist: Willa Cather, Olive Fremstad, and the Artist’s Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah L. Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Cather’s Evolving Ear: Music Reheard in the Late Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Flannigan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Memory and Image: Graphemics for a New Frontier Icon in \u003ci\u003eMy \u0026amp;Aacute;ntonia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoyce Kessler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. “Paul’s Case” and Pittsburgh: Industry and Art in the Great Manufacturing Town\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames A. Jaap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Under the White Mulberry Tree: Food and Artistry in Cather’s Orchards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie Tsank\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. “The Passionless Bride”: Love, Loss, and Lucretius in \u003ci\u003eThe Professor’s House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew Hokum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Advertising Willa Cather as Product\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErika K. 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