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Apart from Modernism explores the political and cultural influences that helped shape Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth's naturalism and didactic purpose, Peel argues, conformed to Wharton's belief in the moral purpose of literature, and ultimately Wharton's reading of politics, culture, and society led her to abandon modernistic experiment for ethical, rather than aesthetic reasons.

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Apart from Modernism explores the political and cultural influences that helped shape Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth's naturalism and didactic purpose, Peel argues, conformed to Wharton's belief in the moral purpose of literature, and ultimately Wharton's reading of politics, culture, and society led her to abandon modernistic experiment for ethical, rather than aesthetic reasons.
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By Robin Peel