The Professor’s House (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: A few years after World War I
- Setting: Hamilton, a Midwestern university town
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Godfrey St. Peter, professor of European history in a Midwestern state university. A scholar, historian, and artist, he is also a sensitive, imaginative man caught between the creativity of his middle years and the prospect of old age. His eight-volume work Spanish Adventurers in North America has brought him fame, the Oxford Prize, and money to build the fine new house his wife desires. Yet he is not happy in his new house or new life, and his enterprising son-in-law’s exploitation of another man’s invention makes him dissatisfied with material...
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