Willa Cather and modern cultures

Abstract

Editorial Policy Introduction Melissa J. Homestead and Guy J. Reynolds 1. Willa Cather in and out of Zane Grey's West John N. Swift 2. Thea's Indian Play in Song of the Lark Sarah Clere 3. Jazz Age Places: Modern Regionalism in Willa Cather's Professor's House Kelsey Squire 4. Changing Trains: Metaphors of Transfer in Willa Cather Mark A. R. Facknitz 5. Chicago's Cliff Dwellers and Song of the Lark Michelle E. Moore 6. Willa Cather and Henry Blake Fuller: More Building Blocks for Professor's House Richard C. Harris 7. Cather's Office Wives Stories and Modern Women's Work Amber Harris Leichner 8. It's Mr. Reynolds Who Wishes It: Profit and Prestige between Cather and Her Literary Agent Matthew Lavin 9. Thea at the Art Institute Julie Olin-Ammentorp 10. Art and the Commercial Object as Ekphrastic Subjects in Song of the Lark and Professor's House Diane Prenatt 11. The Nude Had Descended the Staircase: Katherine Anne Porter Looks at Willa Cather Looking at Modern Art Janis P. Stout 12. The Cruelty of Physical Things: Picture Writing and Violence in Willa Cather's The Profile Joyce Kessler 13. Before Its Romanzas Have Become Street Music: Cather and Verdi's Falstaff, Chicago, 1895 John H. Flannigan Contributors Index