Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice

by Sharon O'Brien

Book Overview

This biography aims to explore the connections between Cather's artistic and her psychological growth. Using Cather's personal and professional correspondence the book aims to deal openly and seriously with her lesbianism, the importance to her of her female friends, and her work. An assessment is made of the impact of the need for her to conceal her sexual identity, and her childhood, adolescence, young womanhood and apprenticeship are explored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674953223
• ISBN13: 9780674953222
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"