{"product_id":"alexanders-bridge-paperback","title":"Alexander's Bridge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrederick M. Link\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGuy J. Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngineer Bartley Alexander appears to have a happy life in Boston with a successful career and a beautiful wife. He has been commissioned to design the Moorlock Bridge in Canada, the most important project of his career. With the onset of middle age, however, he grows increasingly restless and discontented, so much so that while in London he recklessly reignites a love affair with the sweetheart of his youth, the Irish actress Hilda Borgoyne. Although the tryst allows Alexander to recapture an element that has been missing from his pedestrian life, the relationship torments his sense of morality and eventually proves disastrous. \u003ci\u003eAlexander's Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e explores the demands of Gilded Age society on the individual, as well as the capacity of the individual to violate his own standards of integrity. This Willa Cather Scholarly Edition provides an illuminating new framework for Cather's debut novel. The novel is edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association and presents the full range of biographical, historical, and textual information now available, complete with illustrations and maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Quirk is a professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the author of \u003ci\u003eBergson and American Culture: The Worlds of Willa Cather and Wallace Stevens\u003c\/i\u003e. Frederick M. Link is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the textual editor of \u003ci\u003eOne of Ours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObscure Destinies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Rock.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 333\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689360691263,"sku":"9780803243491","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/20037b7949f502944a414b30e0daf9de.webp?v=1764985324","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/alexanders-bridge-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}