New Essays on 'The House of Mirth'

Makes distinctive new claims for the historical, critical, and theoretical significance of Wharton's breakthrough work.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Deborah Esch; 2. The conspicuous wasting of Lily Bart Ruth Bernard Yeazell; 3. Determining influences: resistance and mentorship in The House of Mirth and the Anglo-American realist tradition Mary Nyquist; 4. Beyond her self Thomas Loebel; 5. A mole in the house of the modern Lynne Tillman.

Zusammenfassung

The House of Mirth topped the bestseller list for four months and sealed Edith Wharton's reputation as one of the major English-language fiction writers of her generation. Each of the four articles collected in this volume, first published in 2001, makes distinctive claims for the historical, critical, and theoretical significance of Wharton's seminal work.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Deborah Esch (Herausgeber), Esch Deborah (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.01.2001
• EAN: 9780521372312
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37231-2
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 370 g
• Serien: American Novel (Hardcover); The American Novel
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form