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Willa Sibert Cather was born December 7, 1873

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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Until the age of nine, she had lived in Winchester, Virginia, then her family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska. This small town was the setting of many of her novels.

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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Willa Cather attended, and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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After her college career, she spent her time doing newspaper work as well as teaching at a High school in Pittsburg.

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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Cather moved to New York City where she worked for six years on the editorial staff of McClure's Magazine.

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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Cather won the Pultizer Prize in 1923 for "One of Ours."

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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Willa Cather died April 24, 1947

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http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/

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Cather has a unique fictional writing displaying powerful representation of setting and character and rich in its language and imagery.

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Cather uses simple words that you can picture vividly in your mind

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http://us.penguinclassics.com/static/cs/us/10/nf/readingguides/myantonia.html

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When talking about nature, Cahther kicks her writing up a gear and almost talks about it passionately and is almost erotic in her descriptions.

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http://us.penguinclassics.com/static/cs/us/10/nf/readingguides/myantonia.html

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Willa Cather graduated from Red Cloud Highschool in 1890

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http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_willa_cather.html

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In 1892, Cather published her short story, "Peter" in the Boston magazine which later became part of her novel "My Antonia"

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http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_willa_cather.html

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In 1913 "Oh Pioneer" was published

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http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_willa_cather.html

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After Cather won the Pultizer Prize, she she entered a period of despair following her success.

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http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_willa_cather.html

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Willa Cather would often listen to old immigrant women tell stories of their childhood in Europe which was the basis for why she wrote about a lot of women

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listen to old immigrant women tell stories of their childhood in Europe

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Willa refused to accept her generation’s idea that women should be passive, domestic, and uneducated

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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she pursued an active literary life and a world perspective that gave her work universal appeal.

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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She had a style that was more sophisticated than the great European tradition

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather used the 5 senses to visualize scenes and get the reader more involved

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather met Sara Orne who inspired her to write about Nebraska

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather felt that traditional themes of love and despair, truth and beauty, and honesty were very important qualities

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather wrote about life itself so passionately that the character she created seem to us more authentic than the characters of history.

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather creates a picture through her carefully chosen words

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Another way that Cather makes word pictures is by the use of analogies such as metaphors and similes

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather's third technique is the achieved by creating vivid images by using personification.

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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In addition, Cather uses symbolism

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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She also felt that, “ Religion and art spring from the same and root, therefore they are close kin. Economics and art are therefore strangers.” (Bookshelf 1994)

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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When Willa died, her love for life and land was reflected on her tombstone. The words from My Antonia were carved in. It said, ”That is happiness; to be dissolved in something complete and great.”(American Online).

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http://www.termpapers4u.com/general/cather.htm

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Cather was noted for her books about immigrants struggling to make a living in the Midwest during the late 1800s.

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http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wcather.htm

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Various critics have placed Cather among feminist writers and antifeminist writers.

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http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wcather.htm