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 11/12/2018 Cather, Professor's House

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” 11/12/2018 Cather, Professor's House

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) 11/12/2018 Cather, Professor's House

Cather, Professor's House Tom and Roddy “Dangerous crossing” p. 223 Homosexuality and the American West Why must Cather be indirect? 11/12/2018 Cather, Professor's House

Cather, Professor's House 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 11/12/2018 Cather, Professor's House

Love, Betrayal and 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 11/12/2018 Cather, Professor's House