Innovating the Early Modern: Pastoral Cycle and Epiphany in Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs.

The article focuses on the innovative aspects of Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of the Pointed Firs", highlighting how Jewett's work engages with and advances the story cycle form. Topics include the influence of Shakespearean pastoral on Jewett's narrative structure, the evolution of the protagonist's epiphanic experiences, and the contrast between Classical and early modern pastoral traditions.