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[[Willa Cather (ReaderCon 2007 panel)|Faye Ringel: Willa Cather: Medievalist and Fan]] | [[Willa Cather (ReaderCon 2007 panel)|Faye Ringel: Willa Cather: Medievalist and Fan]] - a ReaderCon 2007 panel | ||
So, all you ever knew about [[Willa Cather]] you learned in high school, when you were assigned "O Pioneers!" or "My Antonia" — and you've avoided her realistic novels ever since? Who knew about Cather's early years, when she was a fanatical [[medievalist]] who wrote romantic poems, idolized the troubadours, and devoured tales of fantastic adventure? If she had grown up in 1990 instead of 1890, she would have posted on [[LJ]] and joined the [[SCA]]. Ringel has just returned from following Cather's footsteps through Provence. Come and learn more about this surprising American master. | So, all you ever knew about [[Willa Cather]] you learned in high school, when you were assigned "O Pioneers!" or "My Antonia" — and you've avoided her realistic novels ever since? Who knew about Cather's early years, when she was a fanatical [[medievalist]] who wrote romantic poems, idolized the troubadours, and devoured tales of fantastic adventure? If she had grown up in 1990 instead of 1890, she would have posted on [[LJ]] and joined the [[SCA]]. Ringel has just returned from following Cather's footsteps through Provence. Come and learn more about this surprising American master. | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 5 July 2007
Faye Ringel: Willa Cather: Medievalist and Fan - a ReaderCon 2007 panel
So, all you ever knew about Willa Cather you learned in high school, when you were assigned "O Pioneers!" or "My Antonia" — and you've avoided her realistic novels ever since? Who knew about Cather's early years, when she was a fanatical medievalist who wrote romantic poems, idolized the troubadours, and devoured tales of fantastic adventure? If she had grown up in 1990 instead of 1890, she would have posted on LJ and joined the SCA. Ringel has just returned from following Cather's footsteps through Provence. Come and learn more about this surprising American master.