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Writers and Their Work Ser.: Edith Wharton by Janet Beer (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-100746308981

ISBN-139780746308981

eBay Product ID (ePID)2260609

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEdith Wharton

Publication Year2001

SubjectWomen, Women Authors, American / General, Literary

TypeTextbook

AuthorJanet Beer

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

SeriesWriters and Their Work Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight7.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813.5/2

SynopsisProfessor Beer's study provides an introduction to the whole range of Edith Wharton's work in the novel, short story, novella, travel writing, criticism and autobiography. The opening chapter provides an overview of recent scholarship in Wharton studies including an appraisal of biographical texts, and subsequent chapters treat recurrent themes and ideas in her fiction and non-fiction, and the American and European context of her work. The major novels, as well as those less well-known, are discussed as are: contemporary reception of her work, American responses to her expatriation, her friendships with the leading artists of her day, and the influence of the First World War on her work., Professor Beer's study provides an introduction to the whole range of Edith Wharton's work in the novel, short story, novella, travel writing, criticism and autobiography.