Edith Wharton's Letters from the Underworld: Fictions of Women and WritingUNC Press Books, 1991 - 237 стор. In this book, Candace Waid presents an innovative reading of the work of Edith Wharton. Waid examines Wharton's lifelong preoccupation with the place of the American woman writer, which she locates in the context of Wharton's ambivalent reaction to Americ |
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The American Persephone | 1 |
Women and Letters The House of Mirth | 15 |
The Woman Behind the Door Ethan Frome | 51 |
Wharton and Wilkins Rereading the Mother Summer | 85 |
The Devouring Muse The Custom of the Country | 127 |
Pomegranate Seeds Letters from the Underworld The Touchstone and Ghosts | 173 |
Notes | 205 |
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Edith Wharton's Letters from the Underworld: Fictions of Women and Writing Candace Waid Перегляд фрагмента - 1991 |
Edith Wharton's Letters from the Underworld: Fictions of Women and Writing Candace Waid Перегляд фрагмента - 1991 |
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