Song of the lark.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Standard Pubns Inc., 2007.
Physical Description
359 pages ; 23 cm.
Lexile Measure
970L
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Standard Pubns Inc., 2007.
Format
Book
Language
English
Lexile Measure
970
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General Note
Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels; O Pioneers, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather became the managing editor of McClure's magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather co-authored a scathing biography of the head of the Christian Science church, Mary Baker, Eddy. The Christian Scientists tried to buy up every copy. Later the University of Nebraska republished it. Written in 1915 The Song of the Lark is the most autobiographical of her novels. The story set in Colorado recounts the life of a young girl who leaves a small town to go to the big city to become an opera singer. As she climbs in her profession she sees the lesser talents of those around her. She is forced to leave behind relationships that do not help her achieve her goals.
Summary
In this powerful portrait of the self-making of an artist, Willa Cather created one of her most extraordinary heroines. Thea Kronborg, a minister's daughter in a provincial Colorado town, seems destined from childhood for a place in the wider world. But as her path to the world stage leads her ever farther from the humble town she can't forget and from the man she can't afford to love, Thea learns that her exceptional musical talent and fierce ambition are not enough. It is in the solitude of a tiny rock chamber high in the side of an Arizona cliff--"a cleft in the heart of the world"--that Thea comes face to face with her own dreams and desires, stripped clean by the haunting purity of the ruined cliff dwellings and inspired by the whisperings of their ancient dust. Here she finds the courage to seize her future and to use her gifts to catch "the shining, elusive element that is life itself--life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose." In prose as shimmering and piercingly true as the light in a desert canyon, Cather takes us into the heart of a woman coming to know her deepest self.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cather, W. (2007). Song of the lark . Standard Pubns Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. 2007. Song of the Lark. Standard Pubns Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Song of the Lark Standard Pubns Inc, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa. Song of the Lark Standard Pubns Inc., 2007.
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