| Description |
85 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Bloom's notes |
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Bloom's notes.
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| Contents |
Critical views -- Social formalism in the novel / Carl Van Doren ; Wharton's analytical style / Q. D. Leavis ; Central male characters in the novel / Edmund Wilson ; Irony in the novel / Blake Nevius ; Wharton's imagery / Viola Hopkins ; New York of Wharton's childhood / Louis Auchincloss ; Characters and merits of the novel / Grace K. S. Smith ; Wharton's flaws in character delineation / Arthur Mizener ; Newland Archer, Ellen Olenska, and society / R. W. B. Lewis ; Wharton's narrative strategy / Gary H. Lindberg ; Newland Archer's conventionality / Margaret B. McDowall ; Novel and The portrait of a lady / Cynthia G. Wolff ; Social change depicted in the novel / Sidney H. Bremer ; Henry James's influence on Wharton / Cushing Strout ; High society in Wharton's New York / Carol Wershoven ; Moral choices of the novel's characters / Wendy Gimbel ; Newland Archer's limited vision / Susan Goodman ; Wharton's use of passion in the novel / David Holbrook ; Society's ambivalence toward women / Katherine Joslin ; Gothic elements in the novel / Kathy A. Fedorko. |
| Note |
"A contemporary literary views book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-82) and index. |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Age of innocence -- Examinations -- Study guides.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Added Title |
Age of innocence |
| ISBN |
0791045153 hardback |
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0791049183 paperback |
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