The Vice of Reading

Edith Wharton offers a scathing attack on ¿mechanical¿ readers who are having a disastrous impact on the world of letters.

About the author

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists. Best known for The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence and The Custom of the Country, she was also an incisive cultural critic and memoirist.

Summary

A great American novelist offers a scathing attack on the worst kinds of reading. In this subtly devastating work of social criticism, Edith Wharton argues that the growing cultural influence of “mechanical” readers is having a disastrous impact on literature.

Product details

• Authors: Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Other book format
• Released: 01.08.2022
• EAN: 9781912475773
• ISBN: 978-1-912475-77-3
• Series: ERIS gems
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays