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Not Under Forty

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Not Under Forty is a collection of essays by Willa Cather, published in 1936. The essays reflect Cather's disillusionment with middle age and her perception of a decline in the pioneer spirit she had previously celebrated in her novels like O Pioneers! and My Ántonia. The collection explores themes of artistic struggle and the challenges of emerging from restrictive environments, as seen in earlier works like Youth and the Bright Medusa. Cather uses these essays to reflect on the changing times and the loss of certain values she held dear.12

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