Research Paper On Willa Sibert Cather
Willa Sibert Cather (1873 – 1947) was an American writer who achieved recognition for many of her novels, even being awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. Her writing style was often marked by a nostalgic tone with pastoral passages. Her subject matter and themes were drawn from memories of her early years on the American plains. The Cather novels that I will explore in my essay are O Pioneers! (1913), My Ántonia (1918) and A Lost Lady (1923). I will discuss her use of gender roles and how she did not allow her primary characters, men nor women to conform to traditional ideologies – especially her female protagonist.
O Pioneers! begins on a blustery winter day, in the town of Hanover, Nebraska, sometime during the late 19th century. The narrator
O Pioneers! begins on a blustery winter day, in the town of Hanover, Nebraska, sometime during the late 19th century. The narrator