Screen LibraryThe new Edith Wharton studies /
The New Edith Wharton Studies uncovers new evidence and presents new ideas that invite us to reconsider our understanding of one of America's most highly acclaimed, versatile, and prolific writers. The volume addresses themes that have previously been missed or underdeveloped, and examines area...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Twenty-first-century critical revisions
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| Summary: |
The New Edith Wharton Studies uncovers new evidence and presents new ideas that invite us to reconsider our understanding of one of America's most highly acclaimed, versatile, and prolific writers. The volume addresses themes that have previously been missed or underdeveloped, and examines areas where previous scholarship does not take account of key, contemporary issues: Wharton and ecocriticism, Wharton and queer studies, Wharton and animal studies, Wharton and whiteness, and Wharton and contemporary psychology. Essays explore Wharton's treatment of the poor in her emerging career, the ways in which French thinkers helped her envision community, the importance of Greece to Wharton, her transnationalism, the ongoing revelations of the author's archives, and new perspectives on her agency in the literary marketplace. It addresses key themes and examines contemporary issues, while reassessing Edith Wharton's life and career. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 262 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781108422697 1108422691 |
| Index Number: | PS3545 |
| CLC: | I712.065 |
| Call Number: | I712.065/N532-2 |
| Contents: |
Creative Process and Literary Form in Edith Wharton's Archive / Wharton's Letters: Glimpses of the Whole Edith Wharton / Edith Wharton and the Business of the Magazine Short Story / Edith Wharton's Odyssey / Edith Wharton's French Engagement / Edith Wharton and Transnationalism / Edith Wharton's Unprivileged Lives / Wharton, Insurance Culture, and Pain Management / Edith Wharton's Humanimal Pity / Edith Wharton and the Writing of Whiteness / Women, Art, and the Natural World in Edith Wharton's Works / Wharton and the Romance Plot / Masculine Modernity: Fathers, Sons, and Generational Absolution in Wharton's Fiction / Wharton's Wayward Girls / |