Edith Wharton

by Beer, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780746308981
• ISBN10: 0746308981
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-12
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

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. 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.

Author Biography

Janet Beer is Professor and Head of the Department of English at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Table of Contents

Biographical Outline	vii
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(5)
Travel Broadens the Mind	6	(15)
Writing New York - Old and New	21	(15)
The Shorter Fiction	36	(16)
The International Scene	52	(15)
Living in America	67	(12)
Edith Wharton and her Books: A Writer in her Library	79	(8)
Notes	87	(4)
Select Bibliography	91	(6)
Index	97