Millicent Bell (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Edith Wharton

Herausgeber: Bell, Millicent

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides fresh examinations of Wharton's fiction designed to engage the interest of both students and general readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9780521453585
• ISBN-10: 0521453585
• Artikelnr.: 22307941

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology of Wharton's life
Introduction: a critical history Millicent Bell
1. The social subject in The Age of Innocence Pamela Knights
2. Edith Wharton and the science of manners Nancy Bentley
3. Edith Wharton and race Elizabeth Ammons
4. The Custom of the Country: Spragg and the art of the deal Elaine Showalter
5. The female conscience in Wharton's shorter fiction Gloria C. Erlich
6. Law language and ritual in Summer Rhonda Skillern
7. The House of Mirth: the bachelor and the baby Maureen Howard
8. The Fruit of the Tree: Justine and the perils of abstract idealism James W. Tuttleton
9. The Valley of Decision: Edith Wharton's Italian mask William L. Vance
10. Edith Wharton's Valley of Decision: a rediscovered contemporary critique Vernon Lee
Bibliography
Index.