Shadows on the rock
By: Willa Cather ; historical essay by John J. Murphy and David Stouck ; explanatory notes by John J. Murphy and David Stouck ; textual editing by Frederick M. Link.
Contributors: Murphy, John J. 1933-; Stouck, David, 1940-; Link, Frederick M.
Series: The Willa Cather scholarly edition
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 682
Subjects: Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698 -- Fiction; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction; Pharmacists -- Fiction; Physicians -- Fiction; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Fiction; Québec (Québec) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Set in the late seventeenth century, the novel centers on the activities of the widowed apothecary Euclide Auclair and his young daughter, Cecile. To Auclair's house and shop come trappers, missionaries, craftsmen, the indigent, those seeking cures, a taste of France, or liberation from the corruptions caused there by the excesses of the French court. Set against these fictional characters, historical personages such as Bishop Laval, Count Frontenac, and others contend in the political life of the vast colony.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-549).
"An approved ed. - Committee on Scholarly Editions, Modern Language Association of America"--T.p. verso.