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- catalog abstract "The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this fascinating critical biography. To this new edition of her book, considered by many to be the most perceptive introduction to Wharton's life and work, Cynthia Griffin Wolff has added a chapter on Lily Bart and the lethal stereotypes of women in the 19th-century stage and another on the way Edith Wharton's own sensual awakening led from the frozen austerity of "Ethan Frome" to the lyricism and tempered happiness of "Summer." No one who admires Wharton's novels or enjoys the films made from them will want to be without this superb biography. -- Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b7189979.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""Published works of Edith Wharton": p. 471-474.".
- catalog description "A portrait of the artist as a young woman -- Landscapes of desolation: the fiction, 1889-1911 -- Studies of salamanders: the fiction, 1912-1920 -- Diptych-youth and age: the fiction, 1921-1937.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-470) and index.".
- catalog description "The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this fascinating critical biography. To this new edition of her book, considered by many to be the most perceptive introduction to Wharton's life and work, Cynthia Griffin Wolff has added a chapter on Lily Bart and the lethal stereotypes of women in the 19th-century stage and another on the way Edith Wharton's own sensual awakening led from the frozen austerity of "Ethan Frome" to the lyricism and tempered happiness of "Summer." No one who admires Wharton's novels or enjoys the films made from them will want to be without this superb biography. -- Back cover.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 484 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Feast of words.".
- catalog identifier "0201409186 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Feast of words.".
- catalog isPartOf "Radcliffe biography series".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,".
- catalog relation "Feast of words.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.52 20".
- catalog subject "PS3545.H16 Z94 1995".
- catalog subject "Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A portrait of the artist as a young woman -- Landscapes of desolation: the fiction, 1889-1911 -- Studies of salamanders: the fiction, 1912-1920 -- Diptych-youth and age: the fiction, 1921-1937.".
- catalog title "A feast of words : the triumph of Edith Wharton / Cynthia Griffin Wolff.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".