One of Ours - Couverture souple

Cather, Willa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609420659 ISBN 13 : 9781609420659

Editeur : International Alliance Pro-Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize.It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Willa Sibert Cather (1873 –1947) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer for One of Ours (1922), a novel set during World War I. Cather grew up in Nebraska and graduated from the state university; she lived in New York for most of her adult life and writing career. In 1896, Cather moved to Pittsburgh after being hired to write for The Home Monthly. She lived in Pittsburgh until 1906.[4] In Pittsburgh, she taught English first at Central High School for one year and then at Allegheny High School, where she also taught Latin and became the head of the English department. She also worked as a telegraph editor and drama critic for the Pittsburgh Leader and frequently contributed to The Library, another local publication. She moved to New York City in 1906 upon receiving a job offer on the editorial staff from McClure's Magazine. Cather and Georgina M. Wells were co-authors of a critical biography of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. It was serialized in McClure's in 1907-8 and published the next year as a book. Christian Scientists were outraged and tried to buy up every copy. McClure's serialized Cather's first novel, Alexander's Bridge (1912). The work showed her admiration for the style of Henry James. While recognizing her potential, the author Sarah Orne Jewett advised Cather to rely less on James and more on her own experiences in Nebraska. Cather left McClure's in 1912 and began to write full time. Cather returned to the prairie as a setting for inspiration for most of her novels; she also used experiences from her travels in France. Such deeply felt works became both popular and critical successes. Cather was celebrated by national critics such as H.L. Mencken for writing in plainspoken language about ordinary people. When the novelist Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, he paid homage to Cather by declaring that she should have won the honor.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Laude wheeler Opened his eyes before the sun was up and vigorously shook his younger brother, who lay in the other half of the same bed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: International Alliance Pro-Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609420659
• ISBN 13: 9781609420659
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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