Edith Wharton A to Z : the essential guide to the life and work / Sarah Bird Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Sarah Bird.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Encyclopedias.

Wharton, Edith.

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

Women novelists, American--20th century--Biography--Encyclopedias.

Women novelists, American.

Biography.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century--Encyclopedias.

Women and literature.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Facts on File, [1998]

Summary:

Edith Wharton A to Z is an encyclopedic reference to Wharton's life and work. Comprehensive in scope, it features individual entries for the following categories of publication: Novels and short stories, travel writing, poetry, criticism, including reviews of books and plays, and foreign translations of her works. Entries also cover Wharton's family, friends, and acquaintances; places that figure prominently in Wharton's letters, autobiography, and travel writing; Wharton's publishers, editors, and the periodicals for which she wrote; organizations and institutions Wharton joined or supported; honors, awards, and prizes Wharton received: the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Age of Innocence, an honorary doctorate from Yale University, and induction into the French Legion of Honor; critical and popular reception of her works; Wharton's literary influences and her influence on other writers. The bibliography provides a complete list of Wharton's writings and a broad selection of secondary sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.

ISBN:

0816034818

OCLC:

37820173