Cather, Willa - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Arnold, Marilyn. Willa Cather's Short Fiction. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1984, 198 p.

Critical study of the short fiction.

Meyering, Sheryl L. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Willa Cather. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1994, 178 p.

Examines each of Cather's stories with respect to its publication history; circumstances of composition, sources, and influences; relationship to other Cather works; and interpretations and criticisms.

O'Brien, Sharon. “Disclosure and Concealment: The First Stories.” In Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice, pp. 195–222. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Scrutinizes apparent contradictions in Cather's later reaction to her own early stories, finding in both Cather and the stories, tension between what Cather sought to reveal and those things she hoped to sublimate.

———. “The Troll...

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