The New Edith Wharton Studies
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Part of Twenty-First-Century Critical Revisions
- Editors:
- Jennifer Haytock, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
- Laura Rattray, University of Glasgow
- Date Published: December 2019
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108422697
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The New Edith Wharton Studies uncovers new evidence and presents new ideas that invite us to reconsider our understanding of one of America's most highly acclaimed, versatile, and prolific writers. The volume addresses themes that have previously been missed or underdeveloped, and examines areas where previous scholarship does not take account of key, contemporary issues: Wharton and ecocriticism, Wharton and queer studies, Wharton and animal studies, Wharton and whiteness, and Wharton and contemporary psychology. Essays explore Wharton's treatment of the poor in her emerging career, the ways in which French thinkers helped her envision community, the importance of Greece to Wharton, her transnationalism, the ongoing revelations of the author's archives, and new perspectives on her agency in the literary marketplace. It addresses key themes and examines contemporary issues, while reassessing Edith Wharton's life and career.
Read more- Presents new ideas that invite readers to reconsider our understanding of Edith Wharton
- Examines fields of enquiry that did not exist a decade ago, such as Wharton and ecocriticism, Wharton and queer studies, and Wharton and animal studies
- Addresses themes in Wharton scholarship that have been missed or underdeveloped
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'… the best of these essays point toward a rejuvenation of the old in ways that allow Wharton fans to gain a deeper understanding of this complex and often misunderstood woman and artist.' S. Batcos, Choice
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- Date Published: December 2019
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108422697
- length: 276 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 161 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.52kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Jennifer Haytock and Laura Rattray
Part I. Self and Composition:
2. Creative process and literary form in Edith Wharton's archive Paul Ohler
3. Wharton's letters: glimpses of the whole Edith Wharton Julie Olin-Ammentorp
4. Edith Wharton and the business of the magazine short story Sarah Whitehead
Part II. International Wharton:
5. Edith Wharton's odyssey Myrto Drizou
6. Edith Wharton's French engagement Virginia Ricard
7. Edith Wharton and transnationalism Donna Campbell
Part III. Wharton on the Margins:
8. Edith Wharton's unprivileged lives Laura Rattray
9. Wharton, insurance culture, and pain management Jennifer Travis
10. Edith Wharton's humanimal pity Shannon Brennan
11. Edith Wharton and the writing of whiteness Jennifer Haytock
Part IV. Sex and Gender Revisited:
12. Women, art, and the natural world in Edith Wharton's works Gary Totten
13. Wharton and the romance plot Linda Wagner-Martin
14. Masculine modernity: fathers, sons, and generational absolution in Wharton's fiction Melanie Dawson
15. Wharton's wayward girls Meredith Goldsmith.
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