The Country of the Pointed Firs: A Fiction and Literature, Gay/Lesbian Classic By Sarah Orne Jewett! AAA+++
Considered Jewett's finest work, and described by Henry James as her ''beautiful little quantum of achievement.'' Despite James's diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett herself felt that her strengths as a writer lay not in plot development or dramatic tension, but in character development. Indeed, she determined early in her career to preserve a disappearing way of life, and her novel can be read as a study of the effects of isolation and hardship on the inhabitants who lived in the decaying fishing villages along the Maine coast.
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The Country of the Pointed Firs: A Fiction and Literature, Gay/Lesbian Classic By Sarah Orne Jewett! AAA+++
Considered Jewett's finest work, and described by Henry James as her ''beautiful little quantum of achievement.'' Despite James's diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett herself felt that her strengths as a writer lay not in plot development or dramatic tension, but in character development. Indeed, she determined early in her career to preserve a disappearing way of life, and her novel can be read as a study of the effects of isolation and hardship on the inhabitants who lived in the decaying fishing villages along the Maine coast.
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The Country of the Pointed Firs: A Fiction and Literature, Gay/Lesbian Classic By Sarah Orne Jewett! AAA+++
The Country of the Pointed Firs: A Fiction and Literature, Gay/Lesbian Classic By Sarah Orne Jewett! AAA+++
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| BN ID: | 2940014191210 |
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| Publisher: | BDP |
| Publication date: | 04/02/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 129 KB |
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