Shadows on the Rock

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Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
novel
author Willa Cather
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Catholic religious practices in New France
daily life in 17th-century Quebec
genre Catholic novel
historical fiction
hasAuthorNationality American
hasCulturalContext French colonial Catholic culture
hasForm prose
hasFormat print
hasHistoricalContext French colonization of Canada
hasLiteraryStyle lyrical prose
hasOriginalTitle Shadows on the Rock self-link
hasPageCountApprox 300
hasSettingRegion North America
hasStructure chapters
hasSubject Catholicism in North America
French Canadian
surface form: French Canadians

colonial society
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTitleLanguage English
isFictionalWork true
language English
literaryMovement American regionalism
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Cécile Auclair
Euclide Auclair
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalPublisher Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED
partOf Willa Cather’s later novels
publicationYear 1931
publisherLocation New York City NERFINISHED
setInPlace New France
Quebec City NERFINISHED
setInTimePeriod 17th century
settingType French colonial world
theme French colonialism
community
cultural identity
exile and belonging
faith
family relationships
religion
timeOfAction late 1600s

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Death Comes for the Archbishop followedBy Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock hasOriginalTitle Shadows on the Rock self-link
Willa Cather notableWork Shadows on the Rock