Edith Wharton's The house of mirth : a casebook

Author(s)

• Singley, Carol J.

Bibliographic Information

Edith Wharton's The house of mirth : a casebook

edited by Carol J. Singley

（Casebooks in criticism）

Oxford University Press, 2003

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337)

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780195156027

Description

Edith Wharton is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most important American writers. The House of Mirth not only initiated three decades of Wharton's popular and critical acclaim, it helped move women's literature into a new place of achievement and prominence. The House of Mirth is perhaps Wharton's best-known and most frequently read novel, and scholars and teachers consider it an essential introduction to Wharton and her work. Moreover, the novel lends itself to a variety of topics of inquiry and critical approaches of interest to readers at various levels. This casebook collects critical essays addressing a broad spectrum of topics and utilizing a range of critical and theoretical approaches. It also includes Wharton's introduction to the 1936 edition of the novel and her discussion of the composition of the novel from her autobiography.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780195156034

Description

Edith Wharton is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most important American writers. The House of Mirth not only initiated three decades of Wharton's popular and critical acclaim, it helped move women's literature into a new place of achievement and prominence. The House of Mirth is perhaps Wharton's best-known and most frequently read novel, and scholars and teachers consider it an essential introduction to Wharton and her work. The novel, moreover, lends itself to a variety of topics of inquiry and critical approaches of interest to readers at various levels. This casebook collects critical essays addressing a broad spectrum of topics and utilizing a range of critical and theoretical approaches. It also includes Wharton's introduction to the 1936 edition of the novel and her discussion of the composition of the novel from her autobiography.

Table of Contents

1: A Backward Glance 2: Introduction to the 1936 Edition of The House of Mirth: Edith Wharton 3: The Death of the Lade (Novelist): Edith Wharton's House of Mirth: Elaine Showalter 4: Debasing Exchange: Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth: Wai Chee Dimock 5: Crowded Spaces in The House of Mirth: Amy Kaplan 6: The House of Mirth: A Novel of Admonition: Linda Wager-Martin 7: "The Word Which Made All Clear": The Silent Close of The House of Mirth: Shari Benstock 8: The Perfect Jew and The House of Mirth: Irene C. Goldman-Price 9: Another Sleeping Beauty: Narcissism in The House of Mirth: Joan Lidoff 10: Lily Bart and the Drama of Femininity: Cynthia Griffin Wolff 11: Engendering Naturalism: Narrative Form and Commodity Spectacle in U.S. Naturalist Fiction: Lori Merish 12: The Crumbling Structure of "Appearances": Representation and Authenticity in The House of Mirth and The Custom of the Country: Christopher Gair 13: Extinction, Taxidermy, Tableaux Vivants: Staging Race and Class in The House of Mirth: Jennie A. Kassanoff

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Details

• NCID: BA65106372
• ISBN:
  • 0195156021
  • 019515603X
• LCCN: 2003001074
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 337 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3545.H16
  • DC21 : 813/.52
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 House of mirth
  • LCSH : Social classes in literature
  • LCSH : Single women in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA55895709