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SUMMARY:Book Launch- Melissa J. Homestead in conversation with Emily Rau - The Professor's House by Willa Cather
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Francie & Finch Bookshop as we celebrate the newest edition of Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House\, with Melissa Homestead! Homestead\, a Professor of English and Program Faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies at UNL\, brings to life this new edition with a brand new introduction and notes for those looking to dive deeper into the work of Cather. Melissa will be in conversation with Emily Rau\, Editor of the Willa Cather Archive.  We can’t wait to see you there!\n                               Order your copy of the book HERE\nABOUT THE BOOK:\n‘I knew at once I had come upon the city of some extinct civilization\, hidden away in this inaccessible mesa for centuries’ \nThe Professor’s House (1925) depicts the mid-life crisis of Godfrey St. Peter\, a history professor at a midwestern state university who is disillusioned with his wife and daughters\, his university\, and the materialism of American culture. He longs for Tom Outland\, his most brilliant student\, who died on a World War I battlefield. At the same time\, Tom’s recollection of discovering hidden cliff dweller ruins in New Mexico interrupt Godfrey’s narrative. Cather’s own experiences of travel in the Southwestern US with her partner\, Edith Lewis\, shadow and enrich her depictions of Tom’s New Mexican experiences. \nCather’s sixth novel is a compelling modernist work of art that raises questions that are still compelling a century later. What is the purpose of a university education? Are the sacrifices of war worth the outcome? To whom do the American past and the country’s future belong? A daring experiment in form\, the novel is haunted by war and love. \nABOUT THE SERIES:\nFor over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship\, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features\, including expert introductions by leading authorities\, helpful notes to clarify the text\, up-to-date bibliographies for further study\, and much more. \nABOUT MELISSA J. HOMESTEAD\nMelissa J. Homestead is Professor of English and Program Faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, where she directs the Cather Project and is co-editor of The Complete Letters of Willa Cather. She has published widely on American women’s writing and authorship\, including American Women Authors and Literary Property (2005) and The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather and Edith Lewis (2021). \nABOUT EMILY RAU:\nEmily J. Rau is an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries and the Editor of the Willa Cather Archive. She received her MA from Lehigh University and her PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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