| Description |
xiii, 210 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Contents |
A Chronology of Wharton's Life and Publications -- 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 |
| Analysis |
English fiction |
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United States |
| Notes |
Big book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Bell, Millicent.
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| LC no. |
94034704 |
| ISBN |
0521453585 (hardback) |
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0521485134 (paperback) |
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