num_pages: 392
description: Willa Cather said that O Pioneers! was her first authentic novel, “the first time I walked off on my own feet—everything before was half real and half an imitation of writers whom I admired.” Cather’s novel of life on the Nebraska frontier established her reputation as a writer of great note and marked a significant turning point in her artistic development. No longer would she let literary convention guide the form of her writing; the materials themselves would dictate the structure. The paperback edition contains all the text and scholarly apparatus found in the original Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association, this volume presents the full range of biographical, historical, and textual information on the novel.
language: English
title: O Pioneers!
titlecomplete: O Pioneers! (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition)
characters: Evesham Giyt, Alexandra Bergson
genres: 20th Century, American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Westerns, Fiction
ratings_count: 52299
places: Nebraska
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: One Book One Nebraska
publisher: University of Nebraska Press