On the Divide: The Many Lives of Willa Cather

by David Porter

Book Overview

Willa Cather's fiction frequently plays out on "the divide," the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Cather's own life played out on a divide as well, deliberately measured out between different roles and personae that made their way into her writing. On the Divide analyzes the iconic image that Cather helped develop for herself, in contrast to the anonymous face she adopted for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803237553
• ISBN13: 9780803237551
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"