num_pages: 322
description: 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.
language: English
title: My Ántonia
titlecomplete: My Ántonia
characters: Otto Fuchs, Mrs. Shimerda, Ambrosch Shimerda, Jake Marpole, Lena Lingard, Ántonia Shimerda, Mr. Shimerda, Jim Burden, Emmaline Burden, Josiah Burden
genres: Fiction, Classics, Historical, Classic Literature, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels, School
ratings_count: 134634
places: Nebraska
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: One Book One Nebraska
publisher: Broadview Press