{"product_id":"becoming-willa-cather-daryl-w-palmer-9781948908276","title":"Becoming Willa Cather: Creation and Career Volume 1","description":"From the girl in Red Cloud who oversaw the construction of a miniature town called Sandy Point in her backyard, to the New Woman on a bicycle, celebrating art and castigating political abuse in Lincoln newspapers, to the aspiring novelist in New York City, committed to creation and career, Daryl W. Palmer's groundbreaking literary biography offers a provocative new look at Willa Cather's evolution as a writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Willa Cather has long been admired for \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers  \u003c\/i\u003e(1913), \u003ci\u003eSong of the Lark \u003c\/i\u003e(1915), and \u003ci\u003eMy  ntonia \u003c\/i\u003e(1918)--the \"prairie novels\" about the lives of early Nebraska pioneers that launched her career. Thanks in part to these masterpieces, she is often viewed as a representative of pioneer life on the Great Plains, a controversial innovator in American modernism, and a compelling figure in the literary history of LGBTQ America. A century later, scholars acknowledge Cather's place in the canon of American literature and continue to explore her relationship with the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on original archival research and paying unprecedented attention to Cather's early short stories, Palmer demonstrates that the relationship with Nebraska in the years leading up to \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers  \u003c\/i\u003eis more dynamic than critics and scholars thought. Readers will encounter a sur­prisingly bold young author whose youth in Nebraska served as a kind of laboratory for her future writing career. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Willa Cather \u003c\/i\u003echanges the way we think about Cather, a brilliant and ambitious author who embraced experimentation in life and art, intent on reimagining the American West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daryl W. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948908271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948908276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020","brand":"Daryl W. Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45180331000063,"sku":"9781948908276","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6c165d5-69cb-4376-96af-775a62dae860.jpg?v=1712897866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-willa-cather-daryl-w-palmer-9781948908276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}