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Willa Cather, The Professor's House Lecture II

Willa Cather, The Professor's House Lecture II. Ramon Saldivar Stanford University. The Professor’s House , 1925 A Domestic Fable. Edith Lewis, “The Professor’s House is . . . the most personal of Willa Cather’s novels.” Professor Godfrey St. Peter’s story His student, Tom Outland’s story.

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Willa Cather, The Professor's House Lecture II

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  1. Willa Cather, The Professor's House Lecture II Ramon Saldivar Stanford University

  2. The Professor’s House, 1925A Domestic Fable • Edith Lewis, “The Professor’s House is . . . the most personal of Willa Cather’s novels.” • Professor Godfrey St. Peter’s story • His student, Tom Outland’s story Cather, Professor's House

  3. Origins of American Identity on the Frontier • Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” • Perry Miller, Errand into the Wilderness • Theodore Roosevelt, “Americanism”, “The Strenuous Life” Cather, Professor's House

  4. The Homosocial Romance • Narrative structure: • Book I: The Family • Book II: Tom Outland’s Story • Book III: The Professor • (Professor’s story (Tom’s story) Professor’s story) • Professor’s love for Tom (Tom’s love for Rodney) Cather, Professor's House

  5. Tom and Roddy • “Dangerous crossing” p. 223 • Homosexuality and the American West • Why must Cather be indirect? Cather, Professor's House

  6. Blue Mesa/Mesa Verde • The significance of the frontier in American history • Exterior movement • Interior movement • Site of national autonomy and of • Individual identity formation • The discovery of the Cliff City Cather, Professor's House

  7. Love, Betrayaland Restoration to Life • “You’ve gone and sold your country’s secrets, like Dreyfus” p. 219 • “I went to sleep that night hoping I would never waken” p. 224 • “He had let something go . . .” p. 258 Cather, Professor's House

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