The Massachusetts Medievalist meets Sarah Orne Jewett (alas)
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Last month, the Massachusetts Medievalist indulged in a literary road trip to South Berwick, Maine, to visit the home of Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), the author most well-known for The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896). Like many female authors, Jewett was "reclaimed" by the white academic feminist movement of the late twentieth century, celebrated as a major voice in American letters who had been unfairly relegated to "regional" status by the patriarchal literary establishment. In a
The Massachusetts Medievalist meets Sarah Orne Jewett (alas)
The Massachusetts Medievalist meets Sarah…
The Massachusetts Medievalist meets Sarah Orne Jewett (alas)
Last month, the Massachusetts Medievalist indulged in a literary road trip to South Berwick, Maine, to visit the home of Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), the author most well-known for The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896). Like many female authors, Jewett was "reclaimed" by the white academic feminist movement of the late twentieth century, celebrated as a major voice in American letters who had been unfairly relegated to "regional" status by the patriarchal literary establishment. In a