The Cambridge Companion to Edith Wharton (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Книга The Cambridge Companion to Edith Wharton The Cambridge Companion to Edith Wharton Книги Иностранные языки Автор: Millicent Bell Год издания: 1995 Формат: djvu Издат.:Cambridge University Press Страниц: 229 Размер: 5,2 Mb ISBN: 0521485134 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:This volume of essays offers fresh examinations of Wharton's fiction designed both to engage the interest of the student or general reader encountering Wharton for the first time, and to be valuable to advanced scholars looking for new insights into her creative achievement. Written by a mix of established commentators on Wharton and newer scholars in the field, the essays cover Wharton's most important novels as well as some of her shorter fiction. The Introduction supplies a valuable review of the history of Wharton criticism; a detailed chronology of her life and publications and a useful bibliography of important books for further reading are also provided. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 5 Series-title......Page 6 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 Contributors......Page 11 Chronology of Wharton's Life and Publications......Page 13 Introduction: A Critical History......Page 21 NOTES......Page 37 1 Forms of Disembodiment: The Social Subject in The Age of Innocence......Page 40 NOTES......Page 64 2 ''Hunting for the Real": Wharton and the Science of Manners......Page 67 NOTES......Page 85 3 Edith Wharton and the Issue of Race......Page 88 NOTES......Page 103 4 Spragg: The Art of the Deal......Page 107 NOTES......Page 116 5 The Female Conscience in Edith Wharton's Shorter Fiction: Domestic Angel or Inner Demon?......Page 118 NOTES......Page 134 6 Becoming a "Good Girl": Law, Language, and Ritual in Edith Wharton's Summer......Page 137 NOTES......Page 154 7 The Bachelor and the Baby: The House of Mirth......Page 157 NOTES......Page 175 8 Justine: or, the Perils of Abstract Idealism......Page 177 NOTES......Page 187 9 Edith Wharton's Italian Mask: The Valley of Decision......Page 189 NOTES......Page 215 10 Edith Wharton's Valley of Decision: A Rediscovered Contemporary Critique......Page 219 SELECTED CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES......Page 223 Index......Page 225 This Handbook Provides Fresh Examinations Of Wharton's Fiction Designed To Engage The Interest Of Both Students And General Readers. 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 -- (cont.) 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. Edited By Millicent Bell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 203-204) And Index.