Sarah Orne Jewett : reconstructing gender /

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In her book Sarah Orne Jewett: Reconstructing Gender, Margaret Roman argues that one theme colors almost every short story and novel by the turn-of-the-century American author: each person, regardless of sex, must break free of the restrictive, polar-opposite norms of behavior traditionally assigned...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roman, Margaret, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909
1800-1899
Women and literature > Maine > History > 19th century.
Gender identity in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.
Femmes et littérature > Maine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Literature.
Women and literature.
Maine > In literature.
Maine > Dans la littérature.
Maine.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Jewett's "Housebreaker" versus Ruskin's "Queens": Liberation from the Victorian home and garden
  • Childhood escapades
  • Adolescent retreat
  • Fairy Godmothers
  • Paralyzed men
  • Aristocratic women
  • Romance
  • The standard marriage
  • Sexual transformation
  • Women unrestrained
  • Redeemed men
  • The postponed marriage
  • " A white heron": symbolic possibilities for Androgyny
  • Beyond gender: "The country of the pointed firs."

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