{"product_id":"the-kingdom-of-art-willa-cathers-first-principles-and-critical-statements-1893-1896-hardcover","title":"The Kingdom of Art: Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical Statements, 1893-1896 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBernice Slote\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 100 pieces in this surprising and impressive collection are drawn from a body of Willa Cather's writing that was not known to exist until its recent discovery by the editor. Previous scholars have assumed that Willa Cather was inactive as a journalist during the year following her graduation from the university in June, 1895; the truth is, she not only continued to contribute drama criticism to Lincoln newspapers, but also, in Miss Slote's words, had time to \"consider thoughtfully and work out some of the guiding principles of fiction, the certain range in the Kingdom of Art which was becoming . . . her own.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Slote has focused on those of the 1893-1896 writings in which Willa Cather formulates and tests her critical attitudes, and on those--even more crucially relevant to her own situation--in which she asks the great questions: \u003cem\u003eWhat makes an artist? How does one join the two selves of artist and person? Exactly how can one create the creation?\u003c\/em\u003e Part I presents two essays by the editor: \"Writer in Nebraska,\" incorporating new biographical material, and \"The Kingdom of Art,\" a critical reassessment in the light of new findings. Part II consists of some 220 selections accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, grouped as follows: \"The Individual Talent\"--observations on artists who lives evoked Willa Cather's sympathy, wonder, or respect, and who success or failure seemed to embody the principles of human endeavor; \"The Way of the World\"--on art in Philistia, the relations of things (\u003cem\u003ee.g., \u003c\/em\u003e poetry and football), and history in the arts; \"Drama\"--pieces on the playwright and his craft and the critic's responsibilities, as well as lay reviews; \"Literature\"--major essays on Stevenson, Dumas, Poe, Wilde, Verlaine, Ruskin, and Pierre Loti, and shorter pieces on such writers as Hardy, James, Swinburne, Kipling, Burns, Zola, Tolstoi, and Whitman; and \"Improvisations Toward a Credo, 1894-1896\"--culminating in two statements in which as last, as the editor notes, \"Willa Cather could recognize clearly the emerging form of the artist-self she had been seeking, and with it the individual talent in which all credos must begin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernice Slote, a distinguished Cather scholar, was a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her publications included editions of April \u003cem\u003eTwilights\u003c\/em\u003e (1903); \u003cem\u003ePoems of Willa Cather\u003c\/em\u003e (1962, 1968); \u003cem\u003eThe Kingdom of Art: Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical Statements, 1893-1896\u003c\/em\u003e (1967); and \u003cem\u003eUncle Valentine and Other Stories: Willa Cather's Uncollected Short Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (1973, 1986), all published by the UNP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Kingdom of Art' attempts to give a summary of the first, elementary principles on which one writer based her art, and then to present a collection of critical statements--personal and occasional as well as theoretical--that seem to give a realistic view of Willa Cather as she was in the years 1893-1896.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernice Slote, a distinguished Cather scholar, was a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her publications included editions of April \u003ci\u003eTwilights\u003c\/i\u003e (1903); \u003ci\u003ePoems of Willa Cather\u003c\/i\u003e (1962, 1968); \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Art: Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical Statements, 1893-1896\u003c\/i\u003e (1967); and \u003ci\u003eUncle Valentine and Other Stories: Willa Cather's Uncollected Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (1973, 1986), all published by the UNP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 489\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.75 x 6.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1966\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131330105479,"sku":"9780803200128","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1cec809512624b2117758dade206b9e9.webp?v=1732618093","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-kingdom-of-art-willa-cathers-first-principles-and-critical-statements-1893-1896-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}