The Song of the Lark (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1915
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, New York City, Art or artists, Chicago, West, U.S., Singing or singers, Small-town life, Ambition, Lifestyles, Colorado, Southwest, Gossip, Opera, operas, or operettas
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Colorado
Places Discussed
Moonstone. Fictional town set in the sand hills of Colorado, closely modeled on Red Cloud, Nebraska, where Willa Cather spent her late elementary school and high school years. Her parents lived in this town for the rest of their lives, providing her with numerous opportunities to revisit and refresh her memory about the people and places that appear continuously in her fiction.
Thea Kronborg, the central character in The Song of the Lark, starts her artistic journey in Moonstone as the daughter of a Scandinavian Methodist minister. She is...
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