6/2/2023 0 Comments Willa cather the song of the![]() ![]() Sometime during the winter of 1913 a new enthusiasm entered Willa’s life. ![]() Robinson, © 1983: Discovering Olive Fremstad The following excerpt is from Willa: The Life of Willa Cather by Phyllis C. Willa Cather had already outlined this novel, having had an interest in opera.įortuitously, she crossed paths with the real-life opera singer Olive Fremstadduring this time, which helped her make Thea Kronborg an even more vivid character. Born into the family of a Swedish Methodist minister in a Colorado village, she has a voice, an ambition, and a native sense of the true and fine - qualities all in contrast with the cheapness and tawdriness she perceives around her.įrom her girlhood, when her ambition takes hold, to her triumph as a prima donna at thirty, Thea’s whole life is focused around her supreme desire for artistic perfection. The Song of the Lark is a 1915 novel by Willa Cather, telling the story of Thea Kronborg and her desire to be a world-class singer. ![]()
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