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The article focuses on antitourism in literature by Willa Cather. The author argues that the book "One of Ours," by Cather is one of many World War I novels which classify characters by their touristic positioning. According to the author, the tourist soldier is seen as incapable of understanding the "real" reason for American intervention while the traveller can comprehend the defence of culture behind the war. The experience of the character Claude, a soldier in the war, are presented. The writers Anna Robeson Burr, Clara E. Laughlin, and Mary Hastings Bradley are mentioned.

The article discusses the role of recreation and play in Willa Cather's "One of Ours." The book is imbued with the language of recreation, first in Nebraska and later in World War I, which the soldiers treat as an extended holiday or camping trip. The character Claude is eventually elevated by his wartime recreation, which leads him to reestablish his sense of self. The author describes how a week-long trip into the wilderness was becoming the recommended treatment for modern malaise. Cather's own experience in recreation is discussed.

The article discusses Willa Cather's disillusionment with war, as portrayed in her novel "The Professor's House." The titular professor, Godfrey St. Peter, is troubled by the death of his protegée, Tom Outland, in World War I, and by Outland's decision to go to war in the first place. The professor comes to realize that war is meaningless as well as inevitable, but is redeemed by his acceptance of humanistic obligation. The experience of the characters is compared with that of the character Claude from the book "One of Ours," by Cather.

The article discusses Willa Cather's contribution of her works to Alexander Woollcott's project to provide literature for the troops in World War II. A section of Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" was included in "As You Were: A Portable Library of American Prose and Poetry." The military also produced cheap, small editions of several of her pieces through the American Armed Services, including "O Pioneers!," "My Átonia," and "Death Comes for the Archbishop." Other writers who contributed are mentioned, including Edith Wharton, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Stephen Crane.

The article considers the place of the fictitious Outland engine, discovered by the character Tom Outland in Willa Cather's "The Professor's House." According to the author, the engine was left undescribed, but is credited with revolutionizing aviation during World War I. The article claims that the Outland engine is based on the Liberty engine, developed by J. G. Vincent and E. J. Hall and which enjoyed great renown due to a marketing push, but which did not work as well as advertised by the U.S. government.

The article discusses the role of Jewish characters in the book "A Son at the Front" by Edith Wharton and the book "The Professor's House," by Willa Cather. According to the author, in both works the Jewish character is presented in anti-Semitic stereotype as the antithesis of the self-sacrifice required of World War I soldiers. Cather's ambivalence about this sacrifice, however, makes for a more nuanced and sympathetic response to her Jewish character. A brief history of rhetoric against Jews in the U.S. is presented.

The article argues that Willa Cather's novel "One of Ours" exposes a masculinity and a fear of the independent "new woman," as manifested through the form of the character Enid, wife of the character Claude. The author suggests that the necessities of World War I that make Enid a nurse, driver, and home economist also make her an "unnatural woman" who refuses to consummate her marriage. Cather casts Enid as the cause of Claude's suffering, and only redeems her hero's masculinity by giving him a heroic battlefield death.

This article looks at the influence of war on literature by Willa Cather during the years between World War I and World War II. The author argues that World War I affected Willa Cather for the rest of her life and that she saw the conflict as a major schism in history. Although Cather did not allow the war to overtly affect her writing, with the exception of the war novel "One of Ours," she perceived herself as living in a sort of second half of history, as did many of the authors and artists of her generation, T. S. Eliot and Katherine Anne Porter among them.

The article discusses the portrayal of the United States in "One of Ours," by Willa Cather. According to the author, the books portrays the residents of Frankfort, Nebraska--a town that represents materialism and religious fanaticism--during World War I. The character Bayliss, brother of the character Claude, is modeled on Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company. The town's evangelical fanaticism can be seen in the historical figure of John Harvey Kellogg. In the course of the novel, Claude comes to equate American culture with that of his German enemies.

The article discusses Willa Cather's source material for the book "One of Ours," which is set during the Spanish-American War. According to the author, the novel was motivated by the death of Cather's cousin, Grosvenor P. Cather, in World War I. Both Grosvenor and Cather were inspired by the letters of three local men who fought in the Spanish-American War: Oley Iverson, H. C. Gress, and Bruce Payne. Excerpts of the letters are presented. The character Claude Wheeler, who is based on Cather's cousin, is discussed.

The article discusses the connections between the hero of Willa Cather's short story "The Namesake" and her own family's Civil War experience. In the story, the hero, Lyon Hartwell, forges a connection between his life and the actions of his namesake, an uncle who died in the war. Cather's father and uncle were union-supporters in the South and other family members fought for the Confederacy. The author also addresses the war through the eyes of a female character in the book "Sapphira and the Slave Girl," by Cather.