{"product_id":"o-pioneers-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393924664","title":"O Pioneers!: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"This Norton Critical Edition brings to life--through Cather's words, and through the words and images of others--the uniquely American frontier experience. In inscribing a copy of \u003cem\u003eO Pioneers!\u003c\/em\u003e for a childhood friend, Cather wrote, \"In this one I hit the home pasture...\" \"Contexts and Backgrounds\" includes a rich selection of autobiographical and biographical remembrances (including three interviews with Cather), literary contexts (by Cather and her contemporaries, Henry James and Sarah Orne Jewett), and writings on the American West (including selected letters that paint a picture of one family's life on the Nebraska prairie). \"Criticism\" provides seven contemporary reviews and eight modern critical interpretations by David Stouck, John J. Murphy, C. Susan Wiesenthal, Marilee Lindemann, Melissa Ryan, Guy Reynolds, and Sharon O'Brien.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Brien, Sharon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSharon O'Brien\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed author of both trade and scholarly books and a well-known Cather scholar. She is James Hope Caldwell Professor of American Cultures at Dickinson College. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWilla Cather: The Emerging Voice\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Family Silver: A Memoir of Depression and Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Library of America Willa Cather\u003c\/em\u003e (Volumes I-III) and \u003cem\u003eNew Essays on My �ntonia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888933540114,"sku":"9780393924664","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cceee3d-46f9-4c32-baa1-8d9b407d3bf5.jpg?v=1748520099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/o-pioneers-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393924664","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}