"ungrandiose, concrete art..."

18 January 2024: “...the form permits women to offer ungrandiose, concrete art, shaped, more often than not, by the rhythm of domestic and feminine experience, which is cyclical, repetitive, and often inconclusive” (Ammons xxii).

This is one of the best and most moving description of the ninteenth-century, woman-authored, regional sketch that I have come across. And it's precisely why this genre is so rich and rewarding.  

Work Cited

Ammons, Elizabeth. Introduction. “How Celia Changed Her Mind” and Selected Stories, by Rose Terry Cooke, edited by Elizabeth Ammons, Rutgers UP, 1986, pp. ix-xl.