| Description |
viii, 337 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Casebooks in criticism |
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Casebooks in criticism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-337). |
| Contents |
A backward glance / Edith Wharton -- Introduction to the 1936 edition of The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- The death of the lady (novelist): Wharton's House of mirth / Elaine Showalter -- Debasing exchange: Edith Wharton's The house of mirth / Wai Chee Dimock -- Crowded spaces in The house of mirth / Amy Kaplan -- The house of mirth: a novel of admonition / Linda Wagner-Martin -- "The word which made all clear": the silent close of The house of mirth / Shari Benstock -- The "perfect Jew" and The house of mirth: a study in point of view / Irene C. Goldman-Price -- Another sleeping beauty: narcissism in The house of mirth / Joan Lidoff -- Lily Bart and the drama of femininity / Cynthia Griffin Wolff -- Engendering naturalism: narrative form and commodity spectacle in U.S. naturalist fiction / Lori Merish -- The crumbling structure of "appearances": representation and authenticity in The house of mirth and The custom of the country / Christopher Gair -- Extinction, taxidermy, tableaux vivants: staging race and class in The house of mirth / Jennie A. Kassanoff. |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
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Social classes in literature.
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Single women in literature.
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| Added Author |
Singley, Carol J., 1951-
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| ISBN |
0195156021 (acid-free paper) |
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019515603X paperback |
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