The Song of the Lark

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The Song of the Lark is a 1915 novel by Willa Cather that follows the artistic and personal development of a talented young singer from a small town to an international opera career.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Willa Cather NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
firstEditionFormat print
followedBy My Ántonia NERFINISHED
follows artistic development of a young singer
personal development of a young woman
genre artist’s novel
bildungsroman
literary fiction
hasAdaptation The Song of the Lark
surface form: "The Song of the Lark (1947 painting by Andrew Wyeth, inspired by the novel)"
hasCharacter Thea Kronborg NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasSubject artistic vocation
gender roles
immigrant communities in the American West
music
opera
literaryMovement American realism NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Thea Kronborg
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of American frontier and urban life
detailed portrayal of a woman artist’s career
originalLanguage English
partOf My Ántonia
surface form: "Willa Cather’s Prairie Trilogy"
placeInAuthorCareer major early novel by Willa Cather
precededBy O Pioneers! NERFINISHED
protagonistGender female
protagonistOccupation opera singer
singer
publicationYear 1915
publisher Houghton Mifflin Company NERFINISHED
setting Chicago NERFINISHED
Europe
Moonstone, Colorado (fictional town)
New York City
theme American West and its influence
artistic ambition
female independence
sacrifice for art
self-discovery
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century
late 19th century

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O Pioneers! followedBy The Song of the Lark
My Ántonia follows The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark hasAdaptation The Song of the Lark
this entity surface form: "The Song of the Lark (1947 painting by Andrew Wyeth, inspired by the novel)"
Willa Cather notableWork The Song of the Lark

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