Reneé Somers

Edith Wharton as Spatial Activist and Analyst

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9780415803397
• ISBN-10: 041580339X
• Artikelnr.: 26488714

Autorenporträt

Renee Somers is an Assistant Professor of English at La Guardia Community College in Queens. She is the co-author of Film Television and Contemporary Culture. In addition to American literature, her interests include rhetoric and composition, cultural studies and feminist theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of ContentsChapter One The Politics of Space: Newport's Built
Environment in the Gilded AgeChapter Two Edith Wharton as a Theorist of
Space: A Study of Her Earliest Homes and InfluencesChapter Three The
Literary Spaces of Class and Gender: Edith Wharton's Early Short
FictionChapter Four Spaces and Sites Without Limits: The Decoration of
Houses and The MountChapter Five Full Circle: The House of Mirth And Three
Newport NarrativesAfterward: Who Would Be Satisfied With Being Satisfied?