A Lost lady
By: Willa Cather ; historical essay by Susan J. Rosowski, with Kari A. Ronning ; explanatory notes by Kari A. Ronning ; textual editing by Charles W. Mignon & Frederick M. Link, with Kari A. Ronning.
Contributors: Rosowski, Susan J.; Ronning, Kari, 1949-
Series: The Willa Cather scholarly edition
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Nebraska -- Fiction
Description: First published in 1923, A Lost Lady is one of Willa Cather's classic novels about life on the Great Plains. It harkens back to Nebraska's early history and contrasts those days with an unsentimental portrait of the materialistic world that supplanted the frontier. In her subtle portrait of Marian Forrester, whose life unfolds in the midst of this disquieting transition, Cather created one of her most memorable and finely drawn characters.

The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of A Lost Lady is edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. A wide range of biographical, historical, and textual information about the novel is presented. A selection of archival photographs illuminates the connection between the photographs illuminates the connection between the novel and the people and places from Cather's formative years in Nebraska.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.