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The age of innocence : authoritative text, background and contexts, sources, criticism / Edith Wharton ; edited by Candace Waid

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Norton critical editionPublication details: New York : Norton, cop. 2003Edition: 1. edDescription: 524 sISBN:
  • 0-393-96794-8 (pbk.) ;
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813 .52 21
Contents:
Questions of Culture -- From "The Metropolitan Gentry: Culture against Politics" / Thomas Bender -- From "The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy" / George Santayana -- From "Democratic Vistas" / Walt Whitman -- From "Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art" / Calvin Tomkins -- "The Location and Decoration of Houses in The Age of Innocence" / Ada Van Gastel -- From How the Other Half Lives / Jacob A. Rhs -- Marriage and Divorce -- From Domestic Revolutions / Steven Mintz, Susan Kellogg -- From "For the Wedding Night" / J. Foote Bingham -- Travel and Sport -- From the Introduction to American Travel Writers, 1850-1915 / Donald Ross, James J. Schramer -- From "Americans Abroad" / Henry James -- From "Newport" / Henry James -- From "The Lawn Set" / William J. Baker -- Anthropology -- From Violence and the Sacred / Rene Girard -- From Primitive Culture / Edward B. Tylor -- Other Writings / Edith Wharton -- Writing The Age of Innocence -- The Ways of Old New York -- The Childishness of American Women -- "The Valley of Childish Things" -- Winning the Pulitizer Prize -- Critical Readings -- From "The Composition of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence" / Alan Price -- From "Cool Diana and the Blood-Red Muse: Edith Wharton on Innocence and Art" / Elizabeth Ammons -- From "Becoming the Mask: Edith Wharton's Ingenues" / Judith P. Saunders -- From "Angel of Devastation: Edith Wharton on the Arts of the Enslaved" / Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar.
Summary: A guide to reading and understand Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" that includes an annotated edition of the novel, plus critical essays examining the novel's themes, structure, literary significance, and characters.
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Includes historical documents and passages from other publications contemporary with the featured work

Includes bibliographical references

S. 517-523: Selected bibliography

Questions of Culture -- From "The Metropolitan Gentry: Culture against Politics" / Thomas Bender -- From "The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy" / George Santayana -- From "Democratic Vistas" / Walt Whitman -- From "Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art" / Calvin Tomkins -- "The Location and Decoration of Houses in The Age of Innocence" / Ada Van Gastel -- From How the Other Half Lives / Jacob A. Rhs -- Marriage and Divorce -- From Domestic Revolutions / Steven Mintz, Susan Kellogg -- From "For the Wedding Night" / J. Foote Bingham -- Travel and Sport -- From the Introduction to American Travel Writers, 1850-1915 / Donald Ross, James J. Schramer -- From "Americans Abroad" / Henry James -- From "Newport" / Henry James -- From "The Lawn Set" / William J. Baker -- Anthropology -- From Violence and the Sacred / Rene Girard -- From Primitive Culture / Edward B. Tylor -- Other Writings / Edith Wharton -- Writing The Age of Innocence -- The Ways of Old New York -- The Childishness of American Women -- "The Valley of Childish Things" -- Winning the Pulitizer Prize -- Critical Readings -- From "The Composition of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence" / Alan Price -- From "Cool Diana and the Blood-Red Muse: Edith Wharton on Innocence and Art" / Elizabeth Ammons -- From "Becoming the Mask: Edith Wharton's Ingenues" / Judith P. Saunders -- From "Angel of Devastation: Edith Wharton on the Arts of the Enslaved" / Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar.

A guide to reading and understand Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" that includes an annotated edition of the novel, plus critical essays examining the novel's themes, structure, literary significance, and characters.