Cather Studies, Volume 9: Willa Cather and Modern Cultures Book

Editorial Policy vii

Introduction Melissa J. Homestead Guy J. Reynolds ix

1 Willa Cather in and out of Zane Grey's West John N .Swift 1

2 Thea's "Indian Play" in The Song of the Lark Sarah Cure 21

3 "Jazz Age" Places: Modern Regionalism in Willa Cather's The Professor's House Kelsey Squire 45

4 Changing Trains: Metaphors of Transfer in Willa Cather Mark A.R Facknitz 67

5 Chicago's Cliff Dwellers and The Song of the Lark Michelle E. Moore 93

6 Willa Cather and Henry Blake Fuller: More Building Blocks for The Professor's House Richard C.Harris 114

7 Cather's "Office Wives" Stories and Modern Women's Work Amber Harris Leichner 133

8 It's Mr. Reynolds Who Wishes It: Profit and Prestige Shared by Cather and Her Literary Agent Matthew Lavin 158

9 Thea at the Art Institute Julie Olin-Ammentorp 182

10 Art and the Commercial Object as Ekphrastic Subjects in ' The Song of the Lark and The Professor's House Diane Prenatt 204

11 "The Nude Had Descended the Staircase": Katherine Anne Porter Looks at Willa Carher Looking at Modern Art Janis P. Stout 225

12 "The Cruelty of Physical Things": Picture Writing and Violence in Willa Cather's "The Profile" Joyce Kessler 244

13 "Before Its Romanzas Have Become Street Music": Cather and Verdi's Falstaff, Chicago, 1895 John H. Flannigan 266

Contributors 289

Index 293