April Twilights (1903) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author), Slote, Bernice (Editor), Thacker, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1496216644 ISBN-13: 9781496216649 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: 811.52 |
LCCN: 2019945881 |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.41 lbs) 150 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Before Willa Cather turned primarily to the fiction that made her reputation, she produced striking poems that were collected in April Twilights. It was her literary debut, preceding the publication of O Pioneers! by nine years. In her introduction distinguished Cather scholar Bernice Slote notes that this edition of April Twilights restores what had been "an almost lost, certainly blurred, portion of the creative life of a great novelist." Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia, moved with her family to Nebraska in 1883, and eventually settled in Red Cloud. After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1895, Cather returned to Red Cloud briefly before moving east to work on Home Monthly and eventually McClure's. Her first published books were the poetry collection April Twilights and the short story collection The Troll Garden. In 1923 Cather received the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours. |