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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
422 words, approx. 1 pages
 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... summary from source:
 Biography of (Theodora) Sarah Orne Jewett
15,209 words, approx. 51 pages
 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... summary from source:
Biography of (Theodora) Sarah Orne Jewett
7,720 words, approx. 26 pages
"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
541 words, approx. 2 pages
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, (Theodora) Sarah Orne
63 words, approx. 1 pages(born Sept. 3, 1849, South Berwick, Maine, U.S.—died June 24, 1909, South Berwick) U.S. writer. Concerned to capture the folkways of a vanishing culture, she wrote realistic sketches of aging Maine natives, whose manners, idioms, and pithiness... summary from source:
 Jewett, Sarah Orne Summary
25,514 words, approx. 85 pagesRegarded 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... summary from source:
 Sarah Orne Jewett Information
735 words, approx. 3 pages
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...
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 ANQ A new letter by Sarah Orne Jewett. (Notes).
09/22/2002: 970 words, approx. 3 pages The Princeton University Library has recently acquired the correspondence of The Independent, a New York weekly periodical, for the years 1882 to 1899, and among the letters is one by Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909). (1) Written to her friend Susan Hayes Ward,... summary from source:
ANQ The Irish Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett.(Review) (book reviews)
09/22/1999: 592 words, approx. 2 pages MORGAN, Jack, and Louis A. Renza, eds. The Irish Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1996. 208 pp. $24.95. As the editors of this collection of short stories point out, Sarah Orne Jewett gives us literature that "represent[s] the...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Louis A. Renza
20,220 words, approx. 67 pages
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
6,909 words, approx. 23 pages
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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