My Antonia

图书标准信息

• 作者 Willa Cather 著
• 出版社 Mariner Books
• 出版时间 1995-09
• ISBN 9780395755143
• 定价 62.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WillaCathercalled"MyAntonia""thebestthingI'vedone."ForOliverWendellHolmes,"MyAntonia"had"unfailingcharm,perhapsnottobedefined;abeautifultenderness,avivifyingimaginationthattransformsbutdoesnotdistortorexaggerate."ThisnovelsecuredheraplaceinthefirstrankofAmericanwriters.H.L.Menckendeclaredit"oneofthebest[novels]anyAmericanhaseverdone."CatherdrewdeeplyonherchildhooddaysinfrontierNebraskaforherfourthnovel,publishedin1918.Oldimmigrantneighborsinspiredmanyofthecharacters,particularlytheheroine.AntoniaShimerdaismemorableasthewarm-hearteddaughterofBohemianswhomustadapttoahardlifeonthedesolateprairie.Shesurvivesandmatures,apioneerwomanmaderadiantbyspirit."TheWillaCatherScholarlyEdition"isfaithfultoCather'sintentionsforthenovelassheprepareditforpublicationin1918.W.T.Benda'sillustrations,omittedinmanylaterreprintings,areincluded;Catherfelttheywereanintegralpartofthenovel.ThehistoricalessaybyJamesWoodressdescribestheorigin,writing,andreceptionofthenovel.Thephotographshelpilluminatethefictionofawriterwhodrewextensivelyonactualexperience.CharlesMignonisaprofessorofEnglishattheUniversityofNebraska.KariRonningisassistanteditoroftheCatherScholarlyEdition.JamesWoodressistheauthorof"WillaCather:ALiteraryLife"(Nebraska1987)andeditorofCather's"TheTrollGarden"(Nebraska1983).--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.

【作者简介】

WILLACATHER(1873–1947),thePulitzerPrize–winningauthorofmorethanfifteenbooks,wasoneofthemostdistinguishedAmericanwritersoftheearlytwentiethcentury.