Edith Wharton

Janet Beer

Edith Wharton

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Professor Beer's study provides an introduction to the whole range of Edith Wharton's work in the novel, short story, novella, travel writing, criticism and autobiography. The opening chapter provides an overview of recent scholarship in Wharton studies including an appraisal of biographical texts, and subsequent chapters treat recurrent themes and ideas in her fiction and non-fiction, and the American and European context of her work. The major novels, as well as those less well-known, are discussed as are: contemporary reception of her work, American responses to her expatriation, her friendships with the leading artists of her day, and the influence of the First World War on her work.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Biographical Outline
pp vii-ix

Abbreviations
pp x-xii

Introduction
pp 1-5

1 - Travel Broadens the Mind
pp 6-20

2 - Writing New York – Old and New
pp 21-35

3 - The Shorter Fiction
pp 36-51

4 - The International Scene
pp 52-66

5 - Living in America
pp 67-78

6 - Edith Wharton and her Books: A Writer in her Library
pp 79-86

Notes
pp 87-90

Select Bibliography
pp 91-96

Index
pp 97-99

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