Alexander's Bridge
Alexander's Bridge

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher:

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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"Engineer Bartley Alexander appears to have a happy life in Boston with a successful career and a beautiful wife. He has been commissioned to design the Moorlock Bridge in Canada, the most important project of his career. With the onset of middle age, however, he grows increasingly restless and discontented, so much so that while in London he recklessly reignites a love affair with the sweetheart of his youth, the Irish actress Hilda Borgoyne. Although the tryst allows Alexander to recapture an element that has been missing from his pedestrian life, the relationship torments his sense of morality and eventually proves disastrous. Alexander's Bridge explores the demands of Gilded Age society on the individual, as well as the capacity of the individual to violate his own standards of integrity." "This Willa Cather Scholarly Edition provides a new framework for Cather's debut novel. The novel is edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association and presents the full range of biographical, historical, and textual information now available, complete with illustrations and maps."--BOOK JACKET.

Alexander's Bridge
Alexander's Bridge

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2023-10-01

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13:

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Willa Cather's first published novel, set in Boston, London, and Paris, is the story of a man unable to resolve the contradictions in his own nature. The central figures are Bartley Alexander, a world-famous engineer; his wife; Winifred, a Boston society matron; and his former love, Hilda Burgoyne, a London actress. Long considered an uncharacteristic production, in the light of recent scholarship "Alexander's Bridge" is seen to be closely linked to the body of Cather's work, thematically as well as in its use of myth and symbol. Bernice Slote's introduction considers the circumstances of its composition and its relationship to the later novels, particularly "One of Ours," "The Professor's House," and "Lucy Gayheart." The text has been entirely reset from the first (1912) edition.

Alexander's Bridge
Alexander's Bridge

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0803211325

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Engineer Bartley Alexander appears to have a happy life in Boston with a successful career and a beautiful wife. He has been commissioned to design the Moorlock Bridge in Canada, the most important project of his career. With the onset of middle age, however, he grows increasingly restless and discontented, so much so that while in London he recklessly reignites a love affair with the sweetheart of his youth, the Irish actress Hilda Borgoyne. Although the tryst allows Alexander to recapture an element that has been missing from his pedestrian life, the relationship torments his sense of morality and eventually proves disastrous. Alexander’s Bridge explores the demands of Gilded Age society on the individual, as well as the capacity of the individual to violate his own standards of integrity. This Willa Cather Scholarly Edition provides an illuminating new framework for Cather’s debut novel. The novel is edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association and presents the full range of biographical, historical, and textual information now available, complete with illustrations and maps.

Alexander's Bridge + One of Ours (2 Unabridged Classics)
Alexander's Bridge + One of Ours (2 Unabridged Classics)

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2013-09-20

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 8074849198

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Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by Willa Cather. First published in 1912, it was re-released with an author's preface in 1922. Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges undergoing a mid-life crisis. Although married to Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair gnaws at Bartley's sense of propriety and honor. One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century. Claude, working on the family farm, and married to a woman who is more interested in her missionary work, than she is in him, tires of his monotonous life. When his wife leaves for China, he decides to enlist in the US Army, which has just begun preparing to enter the First World War. Claude believes that he has finally found his purpose in life, a place where he matters.

O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher: Modernista

Published: 2024-07-15

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9181080794

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When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterprise. She dedicates herself completely to the land—at the cost of great sacrifices. O Pioneers! [1913] is Willa Cather's great masterpiece about American pioneers, where the land is as important a character as the people who cultivate it. WILLA CATHER [1873-1947] was an American author. After studying at the University of Nebraska, she worked as a teacher and journalist. Cather's novels often focus on settlers in the USA with a particular emphasis on female pioneers. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours, and in 1943, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ
Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ

Author: Willa Cather, Alfred Noyes

Publisher: Namaskar Book

Published: 2024-02-02

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13:

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Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes: Exploring Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ by Willa Cather, Alfred Noyes: Experience the collaborative brilliance of two literary luminaries, Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes, in Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ. This collection brings together Cather's and Noyes' distinctive voices, offering a tapestry of stories that traverse the realms of love, passion, and human connection. Their evocative prose and poignant narratives make this book an exploration of the human heart in all its complexity. Why This Book? Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ showcases the unique perspectives of Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes, inviting readers to immerse themselves in tales of love and longing. It is a literary collaboration that unveils the depths of human emotions. Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes, celebrated authors in their own right, converge in this collection to offer readers a glimpse into their respective worlds of storytelling. Their collective creativity shines through in Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ.

One of Ours & Alexander's Bridge
One of Ours & Alexander's Bridge

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2017-12-06

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 8027236614

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One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native around the turn of the 20th century. Claude, working on the family farm, and married to a woman who is more interested in her missionary work, than she is in him, tires of his monotonous life. When his wife leaves for China, he decides to enlist in the US Army, which has just begun preparing to enter the First World War. Claude believes that he has finally found his purpose in life, a place where he matters. Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by Willa Cather. First published in 1912, it was re-released with an author's preface in 1922. Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges undergoing a mid-life crisis. Although married to Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair gnaws at Bartley's sense of propriety and honor. Willa Sibert Cather (1873 – 1947) was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap

Author: Alexander L. George

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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Bridging the gap that separates the two cultures of academia and policymaking is the central purpose of this pathbreaking study. George examines six U.S. strategies toward Iraq in 1988-1991. He urges policymakers to make better use of scholarly knowledge and challenges scholars to develop the types of knowledge that can be employed effectively by policymakers.

The Bridge
The Bridge

Author: Iain Banks

Publisher: Little Brown GBR

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780316858540

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The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, you'd think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you've left behind. Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, THE BRIDGE is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos and elegant absurdities.