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Author:

Perriman, Wendy K.

Title:

Willa Cather and the dance : "a most satisfying elegance" / Wendy K. Perriman.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Cather, Willa,--1873-1947--Criticism and interpretation.
Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Dance in literature
Ballet in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-362) and index.

Contents:

Poetry and short fiction: stars out of the twilight -- Alexander's bridge and o pioneers!: retelling the human stories -- The song of the lark: waking the cryptic promise -- My ©ntonia: that something which fires the imagination -- One of ours: a death like a rebel angel -- A lost lady: dancing behind the veil -- The professor's house: the glittering idea of scientific warfare -- My mortal enemy: unseen visions and unheard echoes -- Death comes for the archbishop: a human vision of divine love -- Shadows on the rock: the giving of oneself altogether and finally -- Lucy Gayheart: the waters demand their sacrifice -- Sapphira and the slave girl: in search of the terrible.

Series:

The Willa Cather series

ISBN:

0838642039 (alk. paper)
9780838642030 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)264670131

LCCN:

2008046006

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)