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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"The Country of the Pointed Firs"”.
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From Deephaven to The country of the pointed firs : Jewett's growth as a writer
Photocopy of typescript.
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From Deephaven to The country of the pointed firs : Jewett's growth as a writer
Photocopy of typescript.
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Unveiling Jewett's hidden voice: discovering the aborted future of Dunnet Landing in The Country of the Pointed Firs
… heroic. Indeed, a pervading recurrence of abortions and otherwise lost children among the predominately female community of Dunnet Landing creates a framework of death by which to interpret the actions and motivations of Jewett‟s characters. My thesis explores the larger metaphor Jewett …
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Connecting to the Feminine and to the Inner Self in Sarah Orne Jewett's <em>The Country of the Pointed Firs</em>.
… depth and its moral and emotional significance. There is a foundation in the real world of human feeling, and while there is much grief and sorrow in this community, there are also possibilities for happiness. The connection to death and loss is what gives much in this feminine world meaning. …
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The universality of the sounds and silences in the works of Sarah Orne Jewett
It is the purpose of this thesis to offer evidence that the works of Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) have universal application and appeal. Specifically, the thesis explores Jewett's uses of silences, non-verbal communication (gesture), and symbolic sounds in nature as her means of creating in the …
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Sarah Orne Jewett : Transcendence in Nature
… Jewett wrote about people and things “just as they are” (Silverthorne 35) . Her father had given her this advice and, in a way, she made it her mission in life to acquaint people with each other. Despite her simple language and seemingly simple characters her work is full of wisdom and touches …
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American Women Writers, Visual Vocabularies, and the Lives of Literary Regionalism
… Women Writers, Visual Vocabularies, and the Lives of Literary Regionalism<italic> reads American literary regionalism through its visual vocabularies--such as sketches, photographs and portraits. Though critics often deemed this genre inferior or unfinished, using visual vocabularies of …