01877cam a2200217 i 4500 120330s2012 enka b 001 0 eng 9781107010192 SDU PS3545 E23 2012 Edith Wharton in context / edited by Laura Rattray, University of Hull. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 400 p. : ill. HKBU Library "This collection of essays examines the various social, cultural, and historical contexts surrounding Edith Wharton's popular and prolific literary career"-- "Edith Wharton was one of America's most popular and prolific writers, becoming the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921. In a publishing career spanning seven decades, Wharton lived and wrote through a period of tremendous social, cultural, and historical change. Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume provides the first substantial text dedicated to the various contexts that frame Wharton's remarkable career. Each essay offers a clearly argued and lucid assessment of Wharton's work as it relates to seven key areas: life and works, critical receptions, book and publishing history, arts and aesthetics, social designs, time and place, and literary milieux. These sections provide a broad and accessible resource for students coming to Wharton for the first time while offering scholars new critical insights. Of interest to English and American studies departments, the volume will also appeal to researchers in gender studies, film studies, book history, art history, and transatlantic studies"-- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 Criticism and interpretation. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. 203882 Rattray, Laura. 210832 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 109363 109363 0 0 lcc 0 PS3545 E23 02012 0 CGB 279479 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-08-27 2 0 PS3545 E23 2012 1000376012 2025-08-27 00:00:00 C.1 2025-08-27 GBE