New Essays on the Country of the Pointed Firs

Klappentext This collection of essays rethinks Sarah Orne Jewett's contribution to American literature. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays on Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs! builds on feminist literary scholarship that affirms the value of Jewett's work! but goes beyond previously published studies by offering an analysis of how race! nationalism! and the literary marketplace shape her narrative. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Sarah Orne Jewett and the traffic in words June Howard; 2. Country's Portrayal of community and the exclusion of difference Sandra Abelson Zagarell; 3. Gender and American realism in The Country of the Pointed Firs Michael Davitt Bell; 4. Material culture, empire, and Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs, Elizabeth Ammons; 5. Regionalism and nationalism in Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs Susan Gillman.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: June Howard, June (University of Michigan Howard
• Con la collaborazione di: Emory Elliot (Editore), June Howard (Editore), Howard June (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.1994
• EAN: 9780521426022
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42602-2
• Pagine: 136
• Serie: American Novel (Paperback); The American Novel
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form