Sarah Orne Jewett : Reconstructing Gender /

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This group includes the self-confident men who are not reluctant to present a nurturing side and the warm, giving women who are unafraid of displaying a decided inner strength. As Roman summarizes, "In her writings, Jewett attempts to shift society's focus from a grasping power over people...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roman, Margaret, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909
Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909 > Criticism and interpretation.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Identite sexuelle dans la litterature.
Femmes et litterature > Maine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Sex role in literature.
Literature.
Gender identity in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Women and literature > Maine > History > 19th century.
Maine > Dans la litterature.
Maine.
Maine > In literature.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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