Ne Essays on The Country of the Pointed Firs [Paperback]

This collection of essays rethinks Sarah Orne Jewett's contribution to American literature.Offering an analysis of how race, nationalism, and the literary marketplace shape its narrative, this collection of new essays on one of the most important works of New England fiction goes beyond previously published studies, building on feminist literary scholarship that affirms the value of Jewett's work.Offering an analysis of how race, nationalism, and the literary marketplace shape its narrative, this collection of new essays on one of the most important works of New England fiction goes beyond previously published studies, building on feminist literary scholarship that affirms the value of Jewett's work.The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett is one of the most important works of New England local color fiction. This collection of essays 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. The volume constitutes a major rethinking of Jewett's contribution to American literature, and will be of interest to the fields of American literary studies, feminist cultural criticism, and American studies.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. ...the five essays in this book...represent the very latest and best in feminist literary criticism. Key Reporter Well-written and containing useful summaries of recent criticism, this work is valuable for anyone engaged with Jewett, feminist criticism, or regional£”