The Song of the Lark

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The Song of the Lark The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition General Editors: Guy J. Reynolds, 2004– Susan J. Rosowski, 1984–2004 Editorial Board: Richard Harris John J. Murphy Ann Romines Kari A. Ronning David Stouck Advisory Committee: Gary Moulton Paul A. Olson Robin Schulze Martha Nell Smith James L. West III Edition Sponsored by: University of Nebraska–Lincoln W I L L A C AT H E R n The Song of the Lark Historical Essay and Explanatory Notes by ann moseley Textual Essay and Editing by kari a. ronning University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London 2012 The Committee on Scholarly Editions emblem means that one of a panel of textual experts serving the Committee has reviewed the text and textual apparatus of the printer’s copy by thorough and scrupulous sampling, and has approved them for sound and consistent editorial principles employed and maximum accuracy attained. The accuracy of the text has been guarded by careful and repeated proofreading according to standards set by the Committee. ∫ 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Cather’s preface to the 1932 Jonathan Cape edition is published with the permission of the Willa Cather Literary Trust. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ! Publication of this volume was assisted by the Cather Project, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Woodress Fund. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cather, Willa, 1873–1947. The song of the lark / Willa Cather; historical essay and explanatory notes by Ann Moseley; textual essay and editing by Kari A. Ronning. p. cm. — (The Willa Cather scholarly edition) Includes bibliographical references. isbn 978-0-8032-1402-6 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Women singers—Fiction. 2. Children of clergy—Fiction. 3. Swedish Americans—Fiction. 4. Chicago (Ill.)—Fiction. 5. Young women— Fiction. 6. Colorado—Fiction. 7. Opera—Fiction. 8. Musical fiction. I. Moseley, Ann. II. Ronning, Kari, 1949– III. Title. IV. Series: Cather, Willa, 1873–1947. Works. 1992. ps3505.a87s6 2012 813l .52—dc22 2012002043 ...