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My Ántonia (Broadview Literary Texts)

My Ántonia (Broadview Literary Texts)
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Manufacturer: Broadview Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9781551114910
ISBN: 1551114917
Label: Broadview Press
Manufacturer: Broadview Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 322
Publication Date: 2003-03-12
Publisher: Broadview Press
Studio: Broadview Press
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Editorial Reviews:
Willa Cather's My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Ántonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture.

The Broadview edition includes a rich selection of primary source materials: the revised introduction for the 1926 edition; Cather's "Mesa Verde Wonderland is Easy to Reach...," "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," "Peter", and her comments on the novel; contemporary reviews and photographs.
Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Finally a good American Novel.
Comment: I read this book because it's on the Modern Library's Top 100 List. This book is about a young boy sent to live with his Grandparents in Nebraska, and his life growing up there. It sounds boring, but it really is a facinating novel. The characters are all very strong-natured and interesting, and in the end everyone pretty much ends up successful in living the ways they want to live. I would definitely recommend it as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.
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Summary: Beautiful writing, but the lack of plot means it's not for everyone
Comment: I loved this story of a time and place that is gone. It's elegiac and fond, and beautifully written. Characters are sketched out sparsely but intact, and her phrasing made me gasp with pleasure at times.

But it has no plot. I cringe to think that children might be forced to read this. People who want to learn how to write should read this - Willa Cather writes beautifully. People who like character sketches or prose that captures a time and place unknown to them will like this. Things happen, as they do in a life. But not everything that happens is interesting (as in life.)

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Summary: Enduring Story
Comment: My parents had an old copy of this book lying around and I picked it up and starting reading it over winter break one year. It drew me in. I don't know why, since it wasn't particularly warm or filled with likeable characters or funny or scary or any of the things that normally draw me in. It was just interesting - and different. It seemed so real - you could feel the harsh winters. And all these years, the story, the characters have stayed with me - for me, a sure sign of a great book.
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Summary: Beautiful new edition
Comment: The edition of this book that has a cover painting of Antonia in a white dress (ISBN 1438242905) has a fresh new design, inside and out. It's also a substantial size (6"x9") and printed on high-quality paper, unlike the small mass-market editions printed on newsprint. A great bargain at this low price!
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Summary: Only read it if you have to for school!
Comment: Required reading for my kids their junior year. My kids love to read everything they can get their hands on. This was pure torture! Had to look up summaries online to help get the ideas flowing on what to write about after reading this. Books like this are enough to make kids not want to read any more!
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