Encompassing essays about identity and difference, tradition and transformation, region and nation, this collection adds a diverse set of voices to discussion about Sarah Orne Jewett, and 19th-century American women's writing.

Edited collection of essays on the work of the 19th-century American (Maine) writer Sarah Orne Jewett, author of The Country of the Pointed Firs. Considers gender, regionalism, class, and cross-influences with contemporaries Howells, Cather, and Wharton.