The Professor’s House
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The Professor’s House is a 1925 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of personal disillusionment, changing American values, and the conflict between intellectual life and materialism through the story of an aging professor.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Professor’s House canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Kathleen St. Peter
NERFINISHED
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Lillian St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Louie Marsellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosamond St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Outland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly regarded by literary critics ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of wealth on personal relationships
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sense of spiritual emptiness ⓘ tension between past and present ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-679-72226-4 ⓘ |
| includedIn | Willa Cather’s major works ⓘ |
| isSetIn | fictional town based on a Midwestern college town ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Godfrey St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| notableFeature | embedded novella "Tom Outland’s Story" ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partTitle |
The Family
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The Professor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Outland’s Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistField | history ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | university professor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
A Lost Lady
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Death Comes for the Archbishop NERFINISHED ⓘ My Ántonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
academic life
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changing American values ⓘ conflict between intellectual life and materialism ⓘ family tensions ⓘ memory and the past ⓘ middle age crisis ⓘ personal disillusionment ⓘ |
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