Edith Wharton in Context.

By: Rattray, LauraMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Literature in ContextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (424 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781107306370Subject(s): Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Edith Wharton in ContextDDC classification: 813.52 LOC classification: PS3545.H16 Z6453 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- EDITH WHARTON IN CONTEXT -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- PART I: Life and Works -- CHAPTER 1 Edith Wharton: Contextual Revisions -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 Chronology: Wharton in Cultural and Historical Context -- CHAPTER 3 Biography -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 Composition and Publication -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 Portraits of Wharton -- NOTES -- PART II: Critical Receptions -- CHAPTER 6 Contemporary Reviews, 1877-1938 -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 Obituaries -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 "Justice" to Edith Wharton? The Early Critical Responses -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 9 Modern Critical Receptions -- THE 1980s -- THE 1990s -- THE 2000s -- NOTES -- PART III: Book and Publishing History -- CHAPTER 10 Wharton and Her Editors -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 11 Selling Wharton -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 12 Serialization -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 13 Short Story Markets -- BEGINNINGS -- WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH -- THE HOME STRETCH -- NOTES -- PART IV: Arts and Aesthetics -- CHAPTER 14 Stage Adaptations of Wharton's Fiction -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 15 Wharton's Writings on Screen -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 16 Visual Arts -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 17 Architecture -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 18 Interior and Garden Design -- THE DECORATION OF HOUSES AND DESIGN REFORM -- GARDEN WRITING, DESIGN AND HORTICULTURE -- Retreating from Modernism -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 19 Images of Wharton -- NOTES -- PART V: Social Designs -- CHAPTER 20 The Marriage Market -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 21 Leisured Lives -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 22 Wharton and Gender -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 23 Race and Imperialism -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 24 Social Transitions -- NOTES -- PART VI: Time and Place -- CHAPTER 25 Wharton and France -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 26 Wharton and Italy -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 27 Wharton and World War I -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 28 The 1920s -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 29 Wharton and the Great Depression -- NOTES.
PART VII: Literary Milieux -- CHAPTER 30 Literary Influences -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 31 Wharton and the American Romantics -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 32 The Novel of Manners -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 33 Naturalism -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 34 Modernism -- NOTES -- Further Reading -- Index.
Summary: This collection of essays examines the various social, cultural and historical contexts surrounding Edith Wharton's popular and prolific literary career.
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Cover -- EDITH WHARTON IN CONTEXT -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- PART I: Life and Works -- CHAPTER 1 Edith Wharton: Contextual Revisions -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 Chronology: Wharton in Cultural and Historical Context -- CHAPTER 3 Biography -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 Composition and Publication -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5 Portraits of Wharton -- NOTES -- PART II: Critical Receptions -- CHAPTER 6 Contemporary Reviews, 1877-1938 -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 Obituaries -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 "Justice" to Edith Wharton? The Early Critical Responses -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 9 Modern Critical Receptions -- THE 1980s -- THE 1990s -- THE 2000s -- NOTES -- PART III: Book and Publishing History -- CHAPTER 10 Wharton and Her Editors -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 11 Selling Wharton -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 12 Serialization -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 13 Short Story Markets -- BEGINNINGS -- WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH -- THE HOME STRETCH -- NOTES -- PART IV: Arts and Aesthetics -- CHAPTER 14 Stage Adaptations of Wharton's Fiction -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 15 Wharton's Writings on Screen -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 16 Visual Arts -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 17 Architecture -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 18 Interior and Garden Design -- THE DECORATION OF HOUSES AND DESIGN REFORM -- GARDEN WRITING, DESIGN AND HORTICULTURE -- Retreating from Modernism -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 19 Images of Wharton -- NOTES -- PART V: Social Designs -- CHAPTER 20 The Marriage Market -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 21 Leisured Lives -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 22 Wharton and Gender -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 23 Race and Imperialism -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 24 Social Transitions -- NOTES -- PART VI: Time and Place -- CHAPTER 25 Wharton and France -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 26 Wharton and Italy -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 27 Wharton and World War I -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 28 The 1920s -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 29 Wharton and the Great Depression -- NOTES.

PART VII: Literary Milieux -- CHAPTER 30 Literary Influences -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 31 Wharton and the American Romantics -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 32 The Novel of Manners -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 33 Naturalism -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 34 Modernism -- NOTES -- Further Reading -- Index.

This collection of essays examines the various social, cultural and historical contexts surrounding Edith Wharton's popular and prolific literary career.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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