Willa Cather vs. Henry James
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Willa Cather
1873 – 1947
Willa Cather was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her pioneering depictions of frontier life in novels such as O Pioneers! and My Ántonia. She received the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours in 1923.
"Where there is great love, there are always miracles."
Henry James
1843 – 1916
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr.
"It has made me better loving you... it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter. I used to want a great many things before, and to be angry that I did not ha…"
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