A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton, arguably the most important American female novelist, stands at a particular historical crossroads between sentimental lady writer and modern professional author. Her ability to cope with this collision of Victorian and modern sensibilities makes her work especially interesting. Wharton also writes of American subjects at a time of great social and economic change-Darwinism, urbanization, capitalism, feminism, world war, and eugenics. She not only chronicles these changes in memorable detail, she sets them in perspective through her prodigious knowledge of history, philosophy, and religion. A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton p…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-513590-9
- EAN: 9780195135909
- Produktnummer: 22673678
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.8 cm 498 g
- Abbildungen: 29 halftones
- Gewicht: 498
Über den Autor
Carol J. Singley is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden. She is a past president of the Edith Wharton Society.
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