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Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism Ser.: Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts by Emily J. Orlando (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Alabama Press
ISBN-100817355529
ISBN-139780817355524
eBay Product ID (ePID)71691293
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEdith Wharton and the Visual Arts
Publication Year2009
SubjectWomen Authors, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), General, American / General, Women's Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorEmily J. Orlando
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Art, Social Science
SeriesStudies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando (Fairfield University) makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Interweaving illustrations of 19th- and early-20th-century art and detailed close readings of Wharton's fiction, the author guides the reader through Wharton's critique of the pre-Raphaelite artists and their vexed representations of women. Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' Nor does Orlando sacrifice depth for breadth. So smart and commanding a reader is she that the study's multidisciplinary approach (art history, cultural history, women's studies, US literature, Victorian literature) only enhances its appeal. One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." -- CHOICE "Professor Orlando is very skillful in showing how Wharton integrates the works of other artists (especially painters and poets) in creating characters and scenes in her own work. . . . She is the first to study Wharton's work in the context of the history of museums and the role of women as curators and art historians.. . . Another strength of the book is the attention given to neglected stories, such as "The Potboiler," "The Rembrandt," and "The Temperate Zone," which are shown to be relevant to the major novels in ways that had not been demonstrated before."--Elsa Nettels, author of Language and Gender in American Fiction: Howells, James, Wharton, and Cather, "In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship." - Choice, "In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship." -- Choice, "In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship." -Choice, "In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship." -Choice, "In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship." -- Choice, "In this meticulously researched study of Wharton's novels and short stories, Orlando (Fairfield University) makes a convincing argument for the ways in which Wharton enacted, through her work, a 'cultural critique that transcends the literary arts.' Interweaving illustrations of 19th- and early-20th-century art and detailed close readings of Wharton's fiction, the author guides the reader through Wharton's critique of the pre-Raphaelite artists and their vexed representations of women. Thanks to Orlando's impressive knowledge of art history and of Wharton scholarship, this volume secures an understanding of Wharton's place as one of 'American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists.' Nor does Orlando sacrifice depth for breadth. So smart and commanding a reader is she that the study's multidisciplinary approach (art history, cultural history, women's studies, US literature, Victorian literature) only enhances its appeal. One leaves this book with a more thorough understanding of Wharton's engagement with the visual arts as well as deeper insight into her complex, often-misunderstood relationship to the representation of women and the emerging feminism of her day. A distinguished contribution to Wharton scholarship. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." -- CHOICE "Professor Orlando is very skillful in showing how Wharton integrates the works of other artists (especially painters and poets) in creating characters and scenes in her own work. . . . She is the first to study Wharton's work in the context of the history of museums and the role of women as curators and art historians.. . . Another strength of the book is the attention given to neglected stories, such as "The Potboiler," "The Rembrandt," and "The Temperate Zone," which are shown to be relevant to the major novels in ways that had not been demonstrated before."--Elsa Nettels, author of Language and Gender in American Fiction: Howells, James, Wharton, and Cather, "Professor Orlando is very skillful in showing how Wharton integrates the works of other artists (especially painters and poets) in creating characters and scenes in her own work. . . . She is the first to study Wharton's work in the context of the history of museums and the role of women as curators and art historians.. . . Another strength of the book is the attention given to neglected stories, such as "The Potboiler," "The Rembrandt," and "The Temperate Zone," which are shown to be relevant to the major novels in ways that had not been demonstrated before."--Elsa Nettels, author of Language and Gender in American Fiction: Howells, James, Wharton, and Cather
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.52
SynopsisAn insightful look at representations of women's bodies and female authority. This work explores Edith Wharton's career-long concern with a 19th-century visual culture that limited female artistic agency and expression. Wharton repeatedly invoked the visual arts--especially painting-as a medium for revealing the ways that women's bodies have been represented (as passive, sexualized, infantalized, sickly, dead). Well-versed in the Italian masters, Wharton made special use of the art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, particularly its penchant for producing not portraits of individual women but instead icons onto whose bodies male desire is superimposed. Emily Orlando contends that while Wharton's early work presents women enshrined by men through art, the middle and later fiction shifts the seat of power to women. From Lily Bart in The House of Mirth to Undine Spragg in The Custom of the Country and Ellen Olenska in The Age of Innocence , women evolve from victims to vital agents, securing for themselves a more empowering and satisfying relationship to art and to their own identities. Orlando also studies the lesser-known short stories and novels, revealing Wharton's re-workings of texts by Browning, Poe, Balzac, George Eliot, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and, most significantly, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts is the first extended study to examine the presence in Wharton's fiction of the Pre-Raphaelite poetry and painting of Rossetti and his muses, notably Elizabeth Siddall and Jane Morris. Wharton emerges as one of American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists, providing a vivid lens through which to view issues of power, resistance, and social change as they surface in American literature and culture., This work explores Edith Wharton's career-long concern with a 19th-century visual culture that limited female artistic agency and expression. Wharton repeatedly invoked the visual arts as a medium for revealing the ways that women's bodies have been represented (as passive, sexualized, infantalized, sickly, dead). Well-versed in the Italian masters, Wharton made special use of the art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, particularly its penchant for producing not portraits of individual women but instead icons onto whose bodies male desire is superimposed., An insightful look at representations of women's bodies and female authority. This work explores Edith Wharton's career-long concern with a 19th-century visual culture that limited female artistic agency and expression. Wharton repeatedly invoked the visual arts--especially painting--as a medium for revealing the ways that women's bodies have been represented (as passive, sexualized, infantalized, sickly, dead). Well-versed in the Italian masters, Wharton made special use of the art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, particularly its penchant for producing not portraits of individual women but instead icons onto whose bodies male desire is superimposed. Emily Orlando contends that while Wharton's early work presents women enshrined by men through art, the middle and later fiction shifts the seat of power to women. From Lily Bart in The House of Mirth to Undine Spragg in The Custom of the Country and Ellen Olenska in The Age of Innocence , women evolve from victims to vital agents, securing for themselves a more empowering and satisfying relationship to art and to their own identities. Orlando also studies the lesser-known short stories and novels, revealing Wharton's re-workings of texts by Browning, Poe, Balzac, George Eliot, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and, most significantly, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts is the first extended study to examine the presence in Wharton's fiction of the Pre-Raphaelite poetry and painting of Rossetti and his muses, notably Elizabeth Siddall and Jane Morris. Wharton emerges as one of American literature's most gifted inter-textual realists, providing a vivid lens through which to view issues of power, resistance, and social change as they surface in American literature and culture.
LC Classification NumberPS3545.H16Z756 2007
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