Bibliograph

The selected letters of Willa Cather, edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout

Type

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The selected letters of Willa Cather, edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The selected letters of Willa Cather

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

801926579

Responsibility statement

edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout

Summary

A first publication of the acclaimed writer's personal correspondences includes whimsical teenage reports of her 1880s Red Cloud life, letters written during her early journalism years and the 1940s exchanges penned in observation of World War II and her own struggles with aging. -- Publishers Description

Table Of Contents

School years: 1888-1896 -- Pittsburgh years: 1896-1906 -- McClure's years: 1906-1912 -- Finding herself as a writer: 1912-1916 -- Becoming well known: 1916-1918 -- Change of publishers and One of Ours: 1919-1922 -- Years of mastery: 1923-1927 -- Years of loss: 1928-1931 -- Troubled time: 1932-1936 -- Years of grieving: 1937-1939 -- Culmination of a career: 1940-1943 -- Final years: 1944-1947

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