Her fascination with Willa Cather began when she discovered a distant, maternal relative Virginia Faulkner, former editor of Cather collections, inaugural member of the Willa Cather Foundation and founder of the Willa Cather Archive at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. “Seen as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics have increasingly identified Cather as a canonical American writer, the peer of authors like Hemingway, Faulkner and Wharton.” įilmmaker Samantha Shada grew up in the mountains of Colorado and on the plains of Nebraska. In 2020, Cather’s likeness was commissioned for the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S.
The novel is currently available for audiences everywhere. The University of Nebraska Press celebrated the books’ centennial in 2015 with a new Scholarly Edition. The NovelĬather’s third novel, The Song of the Lark received four authorized English editions as well numerous European editions following its initial publication in 1915. Cather’s novels have been published around the world and taught in schools across the United States. Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather authored twelve novels, six collections of short fiction and two editions of collected poetry as well as numerous nonfiction articles, journalism, speeches and letters. Cather’s ethnography represents the true melting pot of Americans from many native cultures and their artistic achievements. Author Willa Cather highlights a range of artworks from a tapestry depicting Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow to a portrait of Julius Caesar, from the guitar of a Mexican danza to the serviceable pottery of Hopi artists and Diné (Navajo People) turquoise. Taking pride in resilience over simple beauty, the film celebrates Thea’s achievement of staying truly honest to herself. The characters, natures and styles of each piece of music illustrate Thea’s inner life as she journeys from singing a simple country church hymn to Wagnerian arias. Nearly an opera in its own right, The Song of the Lark utilizes music to showcase the developmental arc of Thea Kronborg’s artistic growth. A feature film adaptation of Willa Cather’s novelĪ feature, romantic drama set in the early 1900s, The Song of the Lark follows a talented country girl who leaves her small town home to pursue greatness but must learn to trust herself before she can rise to sing on the world’s biggest stages.
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