Cambridge Introduction to Edith Wharton

Informationen zum Autor Pamela Knights is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Durham. Klappentext Born in New York into a world of wealth and privilege, and writing with unique insight into the lives of the rich and fashionable, Edith Wharton was a best-seller in her time, and is now, again, one of the most widely read American authors. This book provides an accessible and stimulating introduction to Wharton's life and writings, to help map her work for new readers, and to encourage more detailed exploration of her texts and contexts. Suggesting a range of perspectives on her most famous novels - The House of Mirth (1905), Ethan Frome (1911), The Custom of the Country (1913) and The Age of Innocence (1920) - it stimulates fresh lines of inquiry, examining these alongside other writings that are now attracting lively critical interest. With its clear structure, illustrations, and guide to further study, this book will form the ideal starting-point for students and for general readers. Zusammenfassung This accessible and stimulating introduction to Wharton's life and writings guides new readers through her work! to encourage more detailed exploration of her texts and contexts. With its clear structure! illustrations! and guide to further study! this book will form the ideal starting-point for students and for general readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Life; 2. Contexts; 3. Works; 4. Critical reception; Guide to further reading; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Knights, Pamela (University of Durham) Knights, Knights Pamela
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521867658
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86765-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 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