| Description |
xxi, 330 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index. |
| Summary |
Edith Wharton A to Z is an encyclopedic reference to Wharton's life and work. Comprehensive in scope, it features individual entries for the following categories of publication: Novels and short stories, travel writing, poetry, criticism, including reviews of books and plays, and foreign translations of her works. Entries also cover Wharton's family, friends, and acquaintances; places that figure prominently in Wharton's letters, autobiography, and travel writing; Wharton's publishers, editors, and the periodicals for which she wrote; organizations and institutions Wharton joined or supported; honors, awards, and prizes Wharton received: the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Age of Innocence, an honorary doctorate from Yale University, and induction into the French Legion of Honor; critical and popular reception of her works; Wharton's literary influences and her influence on other writers. The bibliography provides a complete list of Wharton's writings and a broad selection of secondary sources. |
| Contents |
Appendices. I. Topical list of entries -- II. Media adaptations of Edith Wharton's works. Edith Wharton on film and television : a filmography / Scott Marshall ; Theatrical adaptations of Edith Wharton's works / compiled by Scott Marshall and Sarah Bird Wright ; Musical adaptations of Edith Wharton's works / compiled by Scott Marshall -- III. Chronology of Edith Wharton's writings and publications -- IV. Family trees. Genealogy of Edward Robbins Wharton / compiled by Scott Marshall ; Genealogy of Edith Newbold Jones / compiled by Sarah Bird Wright -- V. Edith Wharton : a timeline -- VI. Bibliography. Works by Edith Wharton ; Selected secondary sources. |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Encyclopedias.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Encyclopedias.
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Women and literature -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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| ISBN |
0816034818 (acid-free paper) |
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9780816034819 (acid-free paper) |
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