O Pioneers!

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O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather that portrays the struggles and triumphs of a Swedish-American pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie, often cited as a classic of American frontier literature.

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Great Plains trilogy 1
O Pioneers! (1992 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptationType television film
author Willa Cather
considered classic of American frontier literature
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsEthnicGroup Swedish Americans
depictsSocialGroup pioneer farmers
firstEditionYear 1913
firstPublicationFormat book
followedBy The Song of the Lark
genre American literature
frontier fiction
novel
regionalist fiction
hasAdaptation O Pioneers! self-linksurface differs
surface form: O Pioneers! (1992 film)
hasFemaleProtagonist true
hasTitleOrigin line from Walt Whitman's "Pioneers! O Pioneers!"
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism
literarySignificance early major work of Willa Cather
mainCharacter Alexandra Bergson
Carl Linstrum
Emil Bergson
Marie Shabata NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of a strong female landowner
portrayal of life on the Nebraska prairie
originalLanguage English
partOf O Pioneers! self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Plains trilogy
placeOfFirstPublication Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
precededBy Alexander's Bridge
protagonist Alexandra Bergson
publicationYear 1913
publisher Houghton Mifflin
setInFictionalPlace Hanover, Nebraska (fictional town)
settingCountry United States NERFINISHED
settingLocation Nebraska NERFINISHED
settingRegion Nebraska prairie
structure divided into five parts
subjectMatter Swedish-American pioneer family
agricultural settlement of the Great Plains
theme family responsibility
female independence
immigration and assimilation
love and sacrifice
struggle with the land
the American frontier
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century
late 19th century

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O Pioneers! hasAdaptation O Pioneers! self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: O Pioneers! (1992 film)
Willa Cather notableWork O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! partOf O Pioneers! self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Great Plains trilogy
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