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A New England nun and other stories / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman ; edited with an introduction and notes by Sandra A. Zagarell.
LIBRA PS1712 .N4 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930.
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New England--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- New England.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 320 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- Considered a "regionalist" writer, like Kate Chopin and fellow New Englander Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman began writing at a time in America's history when literature was becoming the first "culture industry", and she found a growing market for her work in popular magazines. This collection shows Freeman's many modes -- romantic, gothic, and psychologically symbolic -- as well as her use of pathos and sentimentality, of dry reserve, and of humor, satire, and irony. These last are most vividly expressed in The Jamesons, a series of sketches about village life reprinted for the first time since the turn of the century. Also included here are stories that center on questions of women's integrity, courage, and, often, privation; that explore cultural constructions of masculinity; and that dramatize the interconnection of rural New England with modern culture and commerce.
- Contents:
- A Moral Exigency 1
- A Mistaken Charity 11
- A New England Nun 22
- A Poetess 34
- Louisa 48
- The Revolt of "Mother" 64
- The Jamesons 79
- One Good Time 143
- The Love of Parson Lord 160
- The Parrot 194
- The Lost Ghost 202
- Old Woman Magoun 218
- The Winning Lady 235
- Dear Annie 250
- The Amethyst Comb 286
- A Retreat to the Goal 300.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvii).
- ISBN:
- 0140437398
- OCLC:
- 42861637
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