The Secrets and Silences of Edith Wharton's Women

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-83515-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 221 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

Edith Wharton’s sensitively observed portraits of women’s lives a century ago resonate into the present day, captivating readers now as they did then. Threaded throughout her accounts is a rich seam of secrets and silences that reveals Wharton’s keen grasp of the realities navigated by women, and her astute use of withholding to tell their stories. This book explores her frequent marshalling of secrets and silences, presented as an integral part of her literary aesthetic, to cast light on her enduring interest in women’s experiences in private and public settings during the early twentieth century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parsons, Isabelle

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Fictional secrets    and .- Chapter 3: Textual and intertextual secrets .- Chapter 4: Silences at home .- Chapter 5: Silences and speech at the front.- Chapter 6: Silences abroad.- Chapter 7: Edith Whartons women then and now.

Über Autor(innen)

Isabelle Parsons is an honorary associate in the Department of English and Creative Writing at The Open University, UK, where she also tutors English literature. She has published scholarly articles on the works of Edith Wharton.