Youth and the Bright Medusa
 First edition book cover | |
| Author | Willa Cather |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1920 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
Youth and the Bright Medusa is a collection of short stories by Willa Cather, published in 1920.[1] Several were published in an earlier collection, The Troll Garden.
Contents
This collection contains the following stories:[2]
- "Coming, Aphrodite!" a.k.a. "Coming, Eden Bower!"
- "The Diamond Mine"
- "A Gold Slipper"
- "Scandal"
- "Paul's Case"
- "A Wagner Matinee"
- "The Sculptor's Funeral"
- "A Death in the Desert"
Publication
The book was the first book Cather published with Alfred A. Knopf.[3] She was unhappy with her publisher Houghton Mifflin and had been interested in Knopf since seeing their edition of Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson.[3] Cather liked the looks of their books and how they supported their authors with well-designed advertisements.[3] Cather was still under contract with Houghton Mifflin for her novels so Knopf offered to put out a selection of her short stories.[3]
References
- ^ "And Death Comes for Willa Cather, Famous Author". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 25 April 1947.
- ^ "Youth and the Bright Medusa by Willa Cather". Project Gutenberg.
- ^ a b c d Claridge, Laura (2016). The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire (First ed.). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 61–62. ISBN 9780374114251. OCLC 908176194.
External links
Youth and the Bright Medusa public domain audiobook at LibriVox
