02408cam a2200409 i 4500 516085931 TxAuBib 20211013120000.0 191106s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019041837 9781608937288 1608937283 (OCoLC)1127073541 TxAuBib rda Hidden places : Maine writers on coastal villages, mill towns, and the north country / [edited by] Joseph A. Conforti. Maine writers on coastal villages, mill towns, and the north country. Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2020] xiv, 246 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. I: Coast and Islands. One. Coastal Communities of Women : Sarah Orne Jewett -- Two. "A Goodly Heritage" and Down East's Upheaval : Mary Ellen Chase -- Three. Island Villages and the Struggle for Survival : Ruth Moore -- II: The North Country and Backcountry. Four. From Bangor to the Border: Three Writers of the North Country -- Five. The Backcountry as Maine's Appalachia : Carolyn Chute -- III: Mill City and Mill Town. Six. Ethnicity and the Mill City : Gerard Robichaud and Elizabeth Strout -- Seven. The Mill Town in Turmoil : Richard Russo and Monica Wood -- Epilogue. "From the late nineteenth century to the present, Maine writers have explored the experiences of living in a variety of far-flung settings. Taken together, their body of work composes a remarkable literary map of a diverse and changing Maine. "Hidden Places" explores the identity of Maine through its writers and the people and places they wrote of"-- Provided by publisher. 20211013. American literature Maine History and criticism. Authors, American Homes and haunts Maine. Intellectual life. Literature. Maine In literature. Maine Social life and customs. Maine Intellectual life. Maine Authors. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Conforti, Joseph A.,. Conforti, Joseph A., Lanham : Derrydale Press, 2020.