Willa Cather

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  1. human action
    something that people do or cause to happen
    Cather admired Henry James as a "mighty master of language and keen student of human actions and motives."[30]
  2. patronize
    provide support for
    Cather's biographer James Woodress notes that Cather "so completely ... embraced masculine values that when she wrote about women writers, she sounded like a patronizing man."[32]
  3. trilogy
    a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject
    She dedicated O Pioneers!, the first novel in her Prairie Trilogy, to Jewett.
  4. patronizing
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
    Cather's biographer James Woodress notes that Cather "so completely ... embraced masculine values that when she wrote about women writers, she sounded like a patronizing man."[32]
  5. contemporary
    occurring in the same period of time
    She generally preferred past literary masters to contemporary writers.
  6. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    While Cather enjoyed the novels of George Eliot, the Brontës, and Jane Austen, she regarded most women writers with disdain, judging them overly sentimental and mawkish.[31]
  7. sentimental
    marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion
    While Cather enjoyed the novels of George Eliot, the Brontës, and Jane Austen, she regarded most women writers with disdain, judging them overly sentimental and mawkish.[31]
  8. dedicated
    devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
    She dedicated O Pioneers!, the first novel in her Prairie Trilogy, to Jewett.
  9. encourage
    inspire with confidence
    Jewett also encouraged Cather to write about subjects that had "teased the mind" for years.[34]
  10. embrace
    squeeze tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
    Cather's biographer James Woodress notes that Cather "so completely ... embraced masculine values that when she wrote about women writers, she sounded like a patronizing man."[32]
  11. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
    She generally preferred past literary masters to contemporary writers.
  12. human
    a person; a hominid with a large brain and articulate speech
    Cather admired Henry James as a "mighty master of language and keen student of human actions and motives."[30]
  13. mind
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
    Jewett also encouraged Cather to write about subjects that had "teased the mind" for years.[34]
Created on Thu Apr 12 15:02:38 EDT 2012

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