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Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett. 1849-1909. Born in South Berwick, Maine, daughter of obstetrician Inspired by Harriet Beecher’s Stowe’s Main novel The Pearl of Orr’s Island (1862), she began to write regionalist fiction about coastal Maine

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Sarah Orne Jewett

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  1. Sarah Orne Jewett 1849-1909

  2. Born in South Berwick, Maine, daughter of obstetrician • Inspired by Harriet Beecher’s Stowe’s Main novel The Pearl of Orr’s Island (1862), she began to write regionalist fiction about coastal Maine • Her work was published and encouraged by William Dean Howells, editor of Atlantic Monthly

  3. Her most famous work: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), a collection of interconnected sketches about coastal Maine • From 1881 to her death in 1909, Jewett had close domestic relationship with Annie Adams Fields, widow of editor James T. Fields: they had a “Boston marriage” • Relationships between mothers/daughters and among women figure prominently in her fiction. • After the Civil War, which killed many men, American women faced new demands and opportunities to form relationships and communities

  4. A White Heron Published in 1886

  5. Regionalism • outgrowth of Realism(ordinary people, ordinary situations) • tendency among certain authors to write about specific geographical areas • presentation of the distinct culture of an area, including its speech, customs, beliefs, and history

  6. Imagery • Refers to words or phrases that create images that appeal to one or more of the five senses • Can you find at least five vivid images within “A White Heron” ?

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