Main Point / Critique ·Jewett is fundamentally different from domestic novelists
Because she viewed fiction as art.
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Not answered. What men wrote is not discussed.
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Not answered. The passage doesn’t discuss widely read domestic novels after 1860s and whether they existed.
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Not answered. The passage doesn’t discuss the effect of urban migration on domestic fiction in the 1850s. Note that the domestic fiction of the 1850s comes from the generation preceding Jewett's generation. Although the passage does suggest changes in urban migration may have affected the fiction of Jewett's generation, it does not indicate that such migration influenced the domestic fiction of the 1850s.
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Answered. Jewett’s conception of fiction as pure art influenced the content of her work. Unlike domestic novelists, Jewett didn’t write for the purpose of educating readers about child-rearing or on Christian duty. This is why these topics tend not to appear in her novels.
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Not answered. The passage doesn’t discuss specific regions connected to Jewett’s writings.
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Passages that highlight a person, issue, or historical event or development. These passages often focus on why that thing is significant, distinctive, or interesting.
