Edith Wharton emerges in this book as a novelist of morals (rather than manners). Behind her polished portraits of upper-class New York life is a thoughtful, questioning spirit. This book analyzes Wharton's religion and philosophy in short stories and seven major novels. It considers Wharton in terms of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American intellectual and religious life. It also analyzes Wharton in terms of her gender and class, explaining how this aristocratic woman applies and yet transforms both the classical and Christian traditions that she inherits.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521472357
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96273408
Product Key Features
Book Title
Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit
Author
Carol J. Singley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
1995
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
590g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Carol J. Singley
Series Title
Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture