My Ántonia (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Memory, Love or romance, Suicide, Twentieth century, Nature, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Friendship, Midwest, Manners or customs, Social life, Ethnic relations, Immigration or emigration, Farms, farmers, or farming, Greed, Separation, Frontier or pioneer life, Nebraska, Nostalgia
- Locales: New York, NY, Lincoln, NE
One of Cather's best-loved novels, My Ántonia is a moving tribute to the spirit of the pioneers whose strength and endurance made possible the settlement of the American frontier. In its portrait of its title character, the book gives an individual face to the myriad experiences facing the immigrants who composed a large portion of the Midwest's early homesteaders.
The story is told from the point of view of Jim Burden, a young boy from Virginia who has lost his parents and travels to Nebraska to live with his grandparents. On the same train as Jim is an immigrant...
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