Download or read book Artemis to Actaeon and More written by Edith Wharton and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wharton (1862-1937) was one of the most remarkable women of her time, and her success--most notably with her novel "The Age of Innocence"--have long overshadowed her small but distinguished body of poetry. This is a selection of poetry from early in her career.

Download or read book Edith Wharton a Study of Her Fiction written by Blake Nevius and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Edith Wharton s The Custom of the Country written by Laura Rattray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading Wharton scholars from Europe, and North America, this volume offers the first ever collection of essays on Edith Wharton's 1913 tour de force, The Custom of the Country.

Download or read book A Backward Glance written by Edith Wharton and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains 'A Backward Glance', Edith Wharton's detailed account of her life, both pubic and private. She describes in a dazzling yet delicate manner, the upper-class New York society within which much of her youth was spent. The book details her traversing of Europe and her prolific achievement in the field of literature when she was an adult. A fantastic and insightful read, this text will appeal to those with an interest in this most accomplished woman, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this text include: The Background, Knee-High, Little Girl, Unreluctant Feet, Friendships and Travels, Life and Letters, New York and the Mount, Henry James, The Secret Garden, Paris, Widening Waters, The War, and more. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Download or read book The House of Mirth written by Edith Wharton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1999-07-15 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, and unmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with money and position she betrays her own heart and sows the seeds of the tragedy that finally overwhelms her. The House of Mirth is a lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of Wharton's generation. Herself born into Old New York Society, Wharton watched as an entirely new set of people living by new codes of conduct entered the metropolitan scene. In telling the story of Lily Bart, who must marry to survive, Wharton recasts the age-old themes of family, marriage, and money in ways that transform the traditional novel of manners into an arresting modern document of cultural anthropology. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Download or read book The Age of Innocence written by Edith Wharton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman who has incurred scandal is loved by a man lacking the courage to break with the conventions of New York society in the 1870's.

Download or read book Study Guide to Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton written by Intelligent Education and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, a fictional novel based on a sledding accident in Lenox, Massachusetts. As a book of the early-twentieth-century, Ethan Frome contains a new form of fiction, as it contains extensive metaphors, intricately placed by Frome. Moreover, Wharton notably used some of her own personal experiences to convey her themes. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Edith Wharton’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

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Download or read book Edith Wharton written by Janet Beer and published by Northcote House Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.

Download or read book Concise Dictionary of American Literature written by Robert Richards and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1955-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary was designed, not simply for the scholar, but for the general reader who needs more enlightenment about a specific American author or movement than a mere catalogue of facts can give him. The scholar has read whole books about Walt Whitman, and uses the dictionary merely to refresh his memory concerning a title or a date. The general reader wants a concise account of how Whitman lived, what he was like as a person, what prompted him to write poetry, why this poetry is now considered to be important, and a history of Whitman appraisals. On the other hand, the average reader would prefer not be confused by meaningless facts, obscure data, or scholastic debate. The scholar or the student, the editor or the teacher, will find in this dictionary almost any fact concerning American literature that he will ever need. The general reader will find, in addition to facts, valuable apprehensions concerning our American literary heritage.

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Download or read book Edith Wharton s Letters from the Underworld written by Candace Waid and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides examinations and interpretations of several works by Wharton, and concentrates on the theme of women as artist

Download or read book Ethan Frome written by Edith Wharton and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zenia, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In her introduction the distinguished critic Elaine Showalter discusses the background to the novel's composition and the reasons for its enduring success.