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Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" (1905) is a sharp and satirical, but also sensitive and tragic analysis of a young, single woman trying to find her place in a materialistic and unforgiving society. "The House of Mirth" offers a fascinating insight into the culture of the time and, as suggested by the success of recent film adaptations, it is also an enduring tale of love, ambition and social pressures still relevant today. Including a selection of illustrations from the original magazine publication, which offers a unique insight to what the contemporary reader would have seen, this volume also provides: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of "The House of Mirth"; a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present; a selection of new critical essays on the "The House of Mirth", by Edie Thornton, Katherine Joslin, Janet Beer, Elizabeth Nolan, Kathy Fedorko and Pamela Knights, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section; cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism; and, suggestions for further reading. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of "The House of Mirth" and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Wharton's text.
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Romanciers américains --- Romancières américaines --- Wharton, Edith, - 1862-1937
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WHARTON (EDITH), 1862-1937 --- ANDERSON (SHERWOOD), 1876-1941
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Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, vividly reflects on her public and private life in this stunning memoir. With richness and delicacy, it describes the sophisticated New York society in which Wharton spent her youth, and chronicles her travels throughout Europe and her literary success as an adult. Beautifully depicted are her friendships with many of the most celebrated artists and writers of her day, including her close friend Henry James. In his introduction to this edition, Louis Auchincloss calls the writing in A Backward Glance "as firm and crisp and lucid as in the best of her novels." It is a memoir that will charm and fascinate all readers of Wharton's fiction.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 --- Autobiography --- Literary Criticism --- Biography & Autobiography
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Wharton, Edith (1862-1937) --- Romancières américaines --- Critique et interprétation --- Biographies --- 20e siècle
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