{"product_id":"cather-studies-volume-15-willa-cather-and-letters-paperback","title":"Cather Studies, Volume 15: Willa Cather and Letters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCather Studies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMelissa J. Homestead\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough it has long been claimed that Willa Cather destroyed most of her letters in order to protect her privacy, the record now makes clear that this is largely myth: \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Letters of Willa Cather\u003c\/i\u003e digital archive has collected more than three thousand letters, and more are regularly being located. What can we learn about Cather and her fiction from such a wealth of firsthand writings? The essays in \u003ci\u003eWilla Cather and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e use a variety of approaches to consider both letters authored by Cather and letters written to her, shining new light on Cather's relationships with her brother Roscoe Cather and her friends playwright and screenwriter Zoë Akins and opera diva Olive Fremstad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders also come to understand Cather's pleasure in artistic works produced by others, her experience of disability, and her appreciation of the GIs who read her books in Armed Services Editions. Contributors show how digital tools can be used to read across her letters at a larger scale, finding patterns and trends not discernible using conventional methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa J. Homestead\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English and program faculty in women's and gender studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Women Authors and Literary Property, 1822-1869\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCather Studies, Volume 9: Willa Cather and Modern Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2011), among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53909967372595,"sku":"9781496247155","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/olWXQqYrP79781496247155.webp?v=1787834317","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/cather-studies-volume-15-willa-cather-and-letters-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}