Edith Wharton and the Conversations of Literary Modernism

This study imagines modernism as a series of conversations and locates Edith Wharton's voice in those debates--Résumé de l'éditeur Cover 1 Edith Wharton and theConversations of LiteraryModernism 4 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 11 1 Troubling the Subjective:The Problem of Impressionismin The Reef 31 2 “Any Change May MeanSomething”: Summer, Sexuality,and Single Women 55 3 “Unmediated Bonding BetweenMen”: The Accumulation ofMen in the Short Stories 84 4“A Sign of Pain’s Triumph”:War, Art, and Civilization 109 5“The Readjustment of PersonalRelations”: Marriage, Modernism,and the Alienated Self 139 6 Antimodernism and Looking Pretty:Wharton’s Artistic Practice 166 Afterword 188 Notes 191 Bibliography 198 Index 206 A 206 B 206 C 206 D 207 E 207 F 207 G 208 H 208 I 208 J 209 K 209 L 209 M 209 N 210 O 210 P 210 R 210 S 211 T 212 U 212 V 212 W 212 X 213 Y 213 Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-20 Troubling the Subjective: The Problem of Impressionism in The Reef ....Pages 21-44 “Any Change May Mean Something”: Summer, Sexuality, and Single Women....Pages 45-73 “Unmediated Bonding Between Men”: The Accumulation of Men in the Short Stories....Pages 75-99 “A Sign of Pain’s Triumph”: War, Art, and Civilization....Pages 101-130 “The Readjustment of Personal Relations”: Marriage, Modernism, and the Alienated Self....Pages 131-157 Antimodernism and Looking Pretty: Wharton’s Artistic Practice....Pages 159-180 Afterword....Pages 181-183 Back Matter....Pages 185-208 This study imagines modernism as a series of conversations and locates Edith Wharton's voice in those debates--Résumé de l'éditeur This study imagines modernism as a series of conversations and locates Edith Wharton s voice in those debates.