Product Details: Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (January 1, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0803215320 ISBN-13: 978-0803215320 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 2.2 inches Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Shadows on the Rock, written after Willa Cather discovered Quebec City during an unplanned stay in 1928, is the second of her "Catholic" historical novels and reflects her fascination with finding a little piece of France in eastern Canada torrent autodata 2011. Set in the late seventeenth century, the novel centers on the activities of the widowed apothecary Euclide Auclair and his young daughter, Cecile torrent autodata 2011. 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 torrent autodata 2011. Set against these fictional characters, historical personages such as Bishop Laval, Count Frontenac, and others contend in the political life of the vast colony torrent autodata 2011. This edition, which is approved by the Modern Language Association, will be of special importance to Cather scholars. Not only is Cather's mining of historical sources explored in extensive explanatory notes, but a recently discovered reworked draft of the novel has been incorporated into the textual analysis. There is also a generous illustration section with maps of the setting. Tags: Shadows on the Rock (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition) (9780803215320) Willa Cather, Frederick M. Link , tutorials, pdf, ebook, torrent, downloads, rapidshare, filesonic, hotfile, megaupload, fileserve
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