Feminist Readings of Edith Wharton

From Silence to Speech
2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-61765-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

This close and innovative study of Edith Wharton's major novels reveals the use of increasingly complex narrative techniques to counter the multiple forces working against women writers at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chambers, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Wharton and Feminist Criticism Wharton, Women, and Authorship at the Turn of the Century Competing Discourses and the Word in The House of Mirth The Unraveling of Story in The Reef Seduction and Language in Summer Gender and Performance in The Glimpses of the Moon Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

DIANNE L. CHAMBERS is Professor of English at Elmhurst College, USA.