Cather Studies, Volume 7: Willa Cather as Cultural Icon

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C A T H E R S T U D I E S Series Editor 1988–2004 Susan J. Rosowski, University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2005– Guy Reynolds, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Board Members Elizabeth Ammons, Tufts University Marilyn Arnold, Brigham Young University, Emerita Blanche H. Gelfant, Dartmouth College David Stouck, Simon Fraser University James Woodress, University of California–Davis, Emeritus V O L U M E 7 Cather Studies Willa Cather as Cultural Icon E D I T E D B Y G U Y R E Y N O L D S U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E B R A S K A P R E S S L I N C O L N A N D L O N D O N © 2007 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ The series Cather Studies is sponsored by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in cooperation with the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation. issn: 1045-9871 isbn: 978-0-8032-6011-5 Frontispiece: Willa Cather with Leon Bakst in his Paris studio (detail). Bakst painted Cather’s portrait in 1923. At the bottom of the picture, Cather has inscribed to her sister: “For Elsie, a picture of Bakst and me in his beautiful studio. Willa Cather. Paris, October 1, 1923.” Courtesy of the UNL Libraries Archives and Special Collections, the Philip L. and Helen Cather Southwick Collection. ...