| Description |
xiii, 210 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : a critical history / Millicent Bell -- The social subject in The age of innocence / Pamela Knights -- Edith Wharton and the science of manners / Nancy Bentley -- Edith Wharton and race / Elizabeth Ammons -- The custom of the country : Spragg and the art of the deal / Elaine Showalter -- The female conscience in Wharton's shorter fiction / Gloria C. Erlich -- Law, language, and ritual in Summer / Rhonda Skillern -- The house of mirth : the bachelor and the baby / Maureen Howard -- The fruit of the tree : Justine and the perils of abstract idealism / James W. Tuttleton -- The valley of decision : Edith Wharton's Italian mask / William L. Vance -- Edith Wharton's Valley of decision : a rediscovered contemporary critique / Vernon Lee. |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Indexed Term |
English fiction |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Bell, Millicent.
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| Added Title |
Edith Wharton |
| ISBN |
0521453585 hardback |
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9780521453585 hardback |
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0521485134 paperback |
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9780521485135 paperback |
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