Sarah Orne Jewett Letter to Mrs. Riggs, June 21, 1905
Sarah Orne Jewett Letter to Mrs. Riggs, June 21, 1905

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Published: 1905

Total Pages: 3

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Handwritten autograph letter from Sarah Orne Jewett dated June 21st, 1905 on her South Berwick, Maine stationary. Addressed to Mrs. Riggs and discussing the subject of Brunswick, Maine, and Jewett's health. Signed "S.O. Jewett."

Edinburgh Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Letters and Letter-Writing
Edinburgh Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Letters and Letter-Writing

Author: Celeste-Marie Bernier

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2016-02-15

Total Pages: 752

ISBN-13: 0748692940

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This comprehensive study by leading scholars in an important new field-the history of letters and letter writing-is essential reading for anyone interested in nineteenth-century American politics, history or literature. Because of its mass literacy, population mobility, and extensive postal system, nineteenth-century America is a crucial site for the exploration of letters and their meanings, whether they be written by presidents and statesmen, scientists and philosophers, novelists and poets, feminists and reformers, immigrants, Native Americans, or African Americans. This book breaks new ground by mapping the voluminous correspondence of these figures and other important American writers and thinkers. Rather than treating the letter as a spontaneous private document, the contributors understand it as a self-conscious artefact, circulating between friends and strangers and across multiple genres in ways that both make and break social ties.

O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!

Author: Willa Cather

Publisher: Modernista

Published: 2024-07-15

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9181080794

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When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterprise. She dedicates herself completely to the land—at the cost of great sacrifices. O Pioneers! [1913] is Willa Cather's great masterpiece about American pioneers, where the land is as important a character as the people who cultivate it. WILLA CATHER [1873-1947] was an American author. After studying at the University of Nebraska, she worked as a teacher and journalist. Cather's novels often focus on settlers in the USA with a particular emphasis on female pioneers. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours, and in 1943, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.