Lucy Gayheart

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Lucy Gayheart is a 1935 novel by Willa Cather that follows a young pianist’s emotional and artistic awakening in a small Nebraska town and the tragic consequences of her romantic idealism.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
author Willa Cather NERFINISHED
authorNationality American
containsElement psychological realism
romantic tragedy
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive
firstPublicationForm book
genre bildungsroman
novel of manners
tragedy
hasAdaptation radio adaptation
hasCharacter Harry Gordon
Lucy Gayheart (character) NERFINISHED
Mrs. Gayheart
Paul Gayheart
Sebastian Clement
hasEdition Library of America edition
surface form: Library of America edition of Willa Cather’s works
hasMotif memory
music
river
hasSubject conflict between art and practicality
constraints of small-town society
idealized love
hasTragicEvent death of the protagonist
literaryMovement American realism NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Lucy Gayheart self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lucy Gayheart (character)
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor evocation of Midwestern landscape
portrayal of a young woman artist
originalLanguage English
partOfAuthorOeuvre late works of Willa Cather
placeOfPublication New York City
protagonistOccupation pianist
publicationYear 1935
publisher Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED
settingCountry United States NERFINISHED
settingLocation Nebraska NERFINISHED
structure three-part novel
theme artistic awakening
coming of age
loss and grief
romantic idealism
small-town life
timePeriodSetting early 20th century
workChronologyPosition A Lost Lady
surface form: later than "A Lost Lady"

later than "Death Comes for the Archbishop"

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Lucy Gayheart mainCharacter Lucy Gayheart self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lucy Gayheart (character)
Willa Cather notableWork Lucy Gayheart