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Biography

Name: Sarah Orne Jewett
Birth Date: September 3, 1849
Death Date: June 24, 1909
Place of Birth: South Berwick, Maine, United States
Place of Death: South Berwick, Maine, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: novelist

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Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett
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The American Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was a regional novelist whose work depicted Maine settings and personalities. Sarah Orne Jewett was born in the village of South Berwick, Maine, on Sept. 3, 1849. Because she suffered from arthritis and could...
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Biography of (Theodora) Sarah Orne Jewett
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Although not included among major American writers, Sarah Orne Jewett ranks high among those who have drawn upon the people, places, and culture of nineteenth-century New England for the substance of their work, and many of her "sketches," as she...
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Biography of (Theodora) Sarah Orne Jewett
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"Don't try to write about people and things, tell them just as they are." Sarah Orne Jewett quoted this advice from her father in one of her few nonfiction articles, "Looking Back on Girlhood," first published in the 7 January 1892 issue of Youth's...
 


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Sarah Orne Jewett Quotes
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Sarah Orne Jewett ( September 3 , 1849 – June 24 , 1909 ) was an American author whose works were set in her native New England. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) 2 Unsourced 3 External links // Sourced A harbor, even if...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Jewett, Sarah Orne Summary
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Regarded as a premier writer of American regional, or local color, fiction, Jewett is best known for her short stories about provincial life in New England during the late nineteenth century. Her works are often discussed in conjunction with those of...
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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works were set in or near South Berwick, Maine, a declining New England seaport town near the Maine border with New Hampshire. Jewett's...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Louis A. Renza
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In the excerpt below, Renza discusses the pros and cons of a radical feminist reading of “A White Heron.” Furthermore, he explores the father-daughter relationship and the psychosexual imagery evident in the story.
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Critical Essay by Terry Heller
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In the following essay, Heller explores Jewett's use of tense shifts, apostrophes to objects in the story, and direct address by the narrator, techniques that were found in sentimental fiction of Jewett's time but which she largely eschewed.
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Critical Essay by Elizabeth Ammons
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In the essay below, Ammons discusses the myths, narrative form, and themes of the story.
 


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