Elizabeth Ammons (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: “The Shape of Violence in Jewett's ‘A White Heron,’” Colby Library Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, March, 1986, pp. 6–16.
[In the essay below, Ammons discusses the myths, narrative form, and themes of the story.]
Let us imagine that we live in a culture where time is a cycle, where the sand dollar lies beside its fossil (as it does). Where everything is seen to return, as the birds return to sight with the movement of the waves. As I return to the beach, again and again.
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Source: Short Story Criticism, ©2001 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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