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Edith Wharton as spatial activist and analyst / Renee Somers.
Van Pelt Library PS3545.H16 Z8784 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Somers, Renee, 1968-
- Series:
- Studies in major literary authors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wharton, Edith.
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Homes and haunts.
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Settings.
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
- Space and time in literature.
- Personal space in literature.
- Architecture in literature.
- Dwellings in literature.
- Setting (Literature).
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- x, 172 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2005.
- Contents:
- The politics of space: Newport's built environment in the gilded age
- Edith Wharton as a theorist of space: a study of her earliest homes and influences
- The literary spaces of class and gender: Edith Wharton's early short fiction
- Spaces and sites without limits: the decoration of houses and the Mount
- Full circle: The house of mirth and three Newport narratives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415975255
- OCLC:
- 60715235
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