{"product_id":"youth-and-the-bright-medusa-hardback-9780803217546","title":"Youth and the Bright Medusa (Hardback) 9780803217546","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYouth and the Bright Medusa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilla Cather (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803217546\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e646 pages, 25 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 1.102 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\u003eYouth and the Bright Medusa \u003c\/i\u003eis] an invaluable asset to scholars looking for a well-rounded, complete study of Willa Cather's writing. Nothing is left out, nothing is wanting.\"—Nancee Reeves, \u003ci\u003eDocumentary Editing\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\u003eIn 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into \u003ci\u003eYouth and the Bright Medusa\u003c\/i\u003e, stories of the perilous pursuit of the bright medusa of art in a hostile, materialistic world. These include some of her best tales: \"Coming, Aphrodite!\" focuses on a dedicated painter and his affair with a singer in pursuit of celebrity; \"Paul's Case\" and \"A Wagner Matinée\" tell of a young man and an old woman with artistic longings crushed by their environments; \"The Sculptor's Funeral\" and \"The Diamond Mine\" show the high costs of success.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe historical essay and explanatory notes trace the composition of the stories and their roots in the people, events, and places Cather knew, from her family to world-famous sopranos, from Nebraska and Wyoming to New York and Pittsburgh, with new information on the sources for \"Paul's Case.\" Historical photographs, including a hitherto unknown portrait of the prototype for Paul, show people and places as Cather knew them. The textual essay and apparatus explore the versions that appeared in her lifetime, from first magazine publication to the final collected edition of her works—and describe how the magazine version of \"Coming, Aphrodite!\" was censored by the editors, even to the title.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYouth and the Bright Medusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical Apparatus:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical Essay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplanatory Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTextual Apparatus:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTextual Essay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmendations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes on Emendations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Rejected Substantives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWord Division\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735245648152,"sku":"9780803217546","price":56.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/youth-and-the-bright-medusa-hardback-9780803217546","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}