"DEAR ALFRED"/"DEAR MISS CATHER": WILLA CATHER AND ALFRED KNOPF, 1920—1947

Knopf, at the same time, was celebrating five years as head of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. He and his wife, Blanche, were establishing themselves as "superstars of their epoch, setting standards of quality and courage [in publishing] never before or since matched" (Targ 212). According to Knopf, Professor Joel Spingarn talked of making books in a way that Knopf had never previously considered; he discussed books "from a bibliophile's and collector's point of view" (Memoirs 29).