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9780521383196

Edith Wharton

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521383196

  • ISBN10:

    0521383196

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-08-01
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Summary

This book represents the first comprehensive collection of contemporary reviews of the writing of Edith Wharton from the 1890s until her death in 1937. Many of the reviews are reprinted from hard-to-locate contemporary newspapers and periodicals. In addition, lists of other reviews not presented here are provided. These materials document the response of the reviewers to specific titles and indicate the development of Wharton's reputation as a novelist, short story writer, travel writer, and autobiographer.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface
Introduction
A Note on the Selections
Acknowledgments
The Decoration of Houses (1897)p. 1
The Greater Inclination (1899)p. 11
The Touchstone (1900)p. 27
Crucial Instances (1901)p. 41
The Valley of Decision (1902)p. 49
Sanctuary (1903)p. 67
The Descent of Man and Other Stories (1904)p. 77
Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904)p. 87
Italian Backgrounds (1905)p. 95
The House of Mirth (1905)p. 107
Madame de Treymes (1907)p. 133
The Fruit of the Tree (1907)p. 145
The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories (1908)p. 155
A Motor-Flight Through France (1908)p. 161
Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse (1909)p. 167
Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910)p. 173
Ethan Frome (1911)p. 179
The Reef (1912)p. 189
The Custom of the Country (1913)p. 199
Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (1915)p. 219
Xingu and Other Stories (1916)p. 225
The Book of the Homeless (1916)p. 239
Summer (1917)p. 245
The Marne (1918)p. 265
French Ways and Their Meaning (1919)p. 271
The Age of Innocence (1920)p. 281
In Morocco (1920)p. 297
The Glimpses of the Moon (1922)p. 305
A Son at the Front (1923)p. 323
Old New York (1924)p. 355
The Writing of Fiction (1925)p. 377
The Mother's Recompense (1925)p. 395
Twelve Poems (1926)p. 409
Here and Beyond (1926)p. 413
Twilight Sleep (1927)p. 427
The Children (1928)p. 447
Hudson River Bracketed (1929)p. 465
Certain People (1930)p. 477
The Gods Arrive (1932)p. 487
Human Nature (1933)p. 501
A Backward Glance (1934)p. 511
The World Over (1936)p. 531
Ghosts (1937)p. 539
The Buccaneers (1938)p. 543
Indexp. 555
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