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Contributions in Women's Studies: Edith Wharton's Prisoners of Consciousness : A Study of Theme and Technique in the Tales by Evelyn E. Fracasso (1994, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100313291551

ISBN-139780313291555

eBay Product ID (ePID)108852

Product Key Features

Number of Pages152 Pages

Publication NameEdith Wharton's Prisoners of Consciousness : a Study of Theme and Technique in the Tales

LanguageEnglish

SubjectWomen Authors, General, American / General

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorEvelyn E. Fracasso

SeriesContributions in Women's Studies

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN93-035841

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Although not all of Wharton's tales concern imprisonment, some do and Fracasso has brought them to light with a knowledgeable hand." Choice

Series Volume NumberNo. 140

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.52

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction to Wharton's Theme and Technique Prisoners of Love and Marriage Prisoners of Society Prisoners of Art and Morality Prisoners of the Supernatural Conclusion: Wharton's Thematic and Technical Development from Her Early to Her Later Tales References Cited Index

SynopsisThe metaphor of life as prison obsessed Edith Wharton, and, consequently, the theme of imprisonment appears in most of her 86 short stories. In the last several decades, critical studies of Wharton's fiction have focused on this theme of imprisonment, but invariably it is related to biographical considerations. This study, however, is not concerned with such insights and influences; rather, it concentrates on Wharton's skill as a craftsman in consciously and carefully fitting her narrative techniques to the imprisonment theme. Representative tales from Wharton's early period (1891-1904), her major phase (1905-1919), and her later years (1926-1937) have been examined and divided into four categories: individuals trapped by love and marriage, men and women imprisoned by the dictates of society, human beings victimized by the demands of art and morality, and persons paralyzed by fear of the supernatural.

LC Classification NumberPS3545