Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism write by Meredith L. Goldsmith. This book was released on 2016-09-16. Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "These energizing, excellent essays address the international scope of Wharton's writing and contribute to the growing fields of transatlantic, hemispheric, and global studies."--Carol J. Singley, author of A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton "Readers will emerge with a new respect for Wharton's engagement with the world around her and for her ability to convey her particular vision in her literary works."--Julie Olin-Ammentorp, author of Edith Wharton's Writings from the Great War Hailed for her remarkable social and psychological insights into the Gilded Age lives of privileged Americans, Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, was a transnational author who attempted to understand and appreciate the culture, history, and artifacts of the regions she encountered in her extensive travels abroad. Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism explores the international scope of Wharton's life and writing, focusing on how her work connects with the idea of cosmopolitanism. This volume illustrates the many ways Wharton engaged with global issues of her time. Contributors examine both her canonical and lesser-known works, including her art historical discoveries, political work, travel writing, World War I texts, and first novel. They consider themes of anarchism, race, imperialism, regionalism, and orientalism; Wharton's treatment of contemporary marriage debates; her indebtedness to her literary predecessors; and her genre experimentation. Together, they demonstrate how Wharton's struggle to balance her powerful local and national identifications with cosmopolitan values, resulted in a diverse, complex, and sometimes problematic relationship to a cosmopolitan vision. Contributors: Ferdâ Asya | William Blazek | Rita Bode | Donna Campbell | Mary Carney | Clare Virginia Eby | June Howard | Meredith L. Goldsmith | Sharon Kim | D. Medina Lasansky | Maureen Montgomery | Emily J. Orlando | Margaret A. Toth | Gary Totten
Pastoral Cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton’s Fiction
Pastoral Cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton’s Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pastoral Cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton’s Fiction write by Margarida Cadima. This book was released on 2023-07-11. Pastoral Cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton’s Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American novelist Edith Wharton (1862–1937) is best known today for her tales of the city and the experiences of patrician New Yorkers in the “Gilded Age.” This book pushes against the grain of critical orthodoxy by prioritizing other “species of spaces” in Wharton’s work. For example, how do Wharton’s narratives represent the organic profusion of external nature? Does the current scholarly fascination with the environmental humanities reveal previously unexamined or overlooked facets of Wharton’s craft? I propose that what is most striking about her narrative practice is how she utilizes, adapts, and translates pastoral tropes, conventions, and concerns to twentieth-century American actualities. It is no accident that Wharton portrays characters returning to, or exploring, various natural localities, such as private gardens, public parks, chic mountain resorts, monumental ruins, or country-estate “follies.” Such encounters and adventures prompt us to imagine new relationships with various geographies and the lifeforms that can be found there. The book addresses a knowledge gap in Wharton and the environmental humanities, especially recent debates in ecocriticism. The excavation of Wharton's words and the background of her narratives with an eye to offering an ecocritical reading of her work is what the book focuses on.
Edith Wharton and the Politics of Race
Edith Wharton and the Politics of Race - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Edith Wharton and the Politics of Race write by Jennie A. Kassanoff. This book was released on 2004-09-16. Edith Wharton and the Politics of Race available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kassanoff shows how Wharton participated in debates on race, class and democratic pluralism at the turn of the twentieth century.
The New Edith Wharton Studies
The New Edith Wharton Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New Edith Wharton Studies write by Jennifer Haytock. This book was released on 2019-12-19. The New Edith Wharton Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Uncovers new evidence and presents new ideas that invite us to reconsider our understanding Edith Wharton's life and career.
Edith Wharton in Context
Edith Wharton in Context - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Edith Wharton in Context write by Laura Rattray. This book was released on 2012-10-08. Edith Wharton in Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of essays examines the various social, cultural and historical contexts surrounding Edith Wharton's popular and prolific literary career.
