List of Illustrations Introduction: Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux Ann Moseley, John J. Murphy, and Robert Thacker Prologue: Gifts from the Museum: Catherian Epiphanies in Context John J. Murphy Part 1. Beginnings 1. The Compatibility of Art and Religion for Willa Cather: From the Beginning Steven B. Shively 2. Thea in Wonderland: Willa Cather's Revision of the Alice Novels and the Gender Codes of the Western Frontier Michelle E. Moore 3.

Ántonia and Hiawatha: Spectacles of the Nation Joseph C. Murphy Part 2. Presences 4. Willa Cather, Howard Pyle, and "The Precious Message of Romance" Richard C. Harris 5. "Then a Great Man in American Art": Willa Cather's Frederic Remington Robert Thacker 6. Willa Cather, Ernest L. Blumenschein, and "The Painting of Tomorrow" James A.

Jaap 7. From The Song of the Lark to Lucy Gayheart , and Die Walküre to Die Winterreise David Porter 8. The Trafficking of Mrs. Forrester: Prostitution and Willa Cather's A Lost Lady Charmion Gustke 9. The Outlandish Hands of Fred Demmler: Pittsburgh Prototypes in The Professor's House Timothy W. Bintrim 10. Translating the Southwest: The 1940 French Edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop Mark J. Madigan Part 3.

Articulation: The Song of the Lark 11. Elements of Modernism in The Song of the Lark Ann Moseley 12. "The Earliest Sources of Gladness": Reading the Deep Map of Cather's Southwest Diane Prenatt 13. Re(con)ceiving Experience: Cognitive Science and Creativity in The Song of the Lark Joshua Dole?al 14. Women and Vessels in The Song of the Lark and Shadows on the Rock Angela Conrad Epilogue: The Difference That Letters Make: A Meditation on The Selected Letters of Willa Cather Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout Contributors Index.