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- catalog abstract ""Once considered the "last Victorian," Edith Wharton and her fiction were at first greeted with the gentility proper to a lady of New York's social elite. Gradually, however, critics became gadflies incessantly buzzing at a Sphinx who seemed never to comment on her own work. At times, though, her impulses took control and she made remarks in letters and elsewhere that, on the one hand, appear to illuminate the fiction, but on the other, often raise more problems than they solve. Ironically, now that she is becoming recognized as a Modernist by some, and as perhaps the greatest American writer of her generation, the criticism often obfuscates more than it reveals. The reasons reside in critics' loyalties to various theoretical approaches, the objectivity of which are often compromised by political hopes. This volume not only traces and analyzes the development of Whartonian literary criticism in its historical and political contexts, but also allows Edith Wharton, herself a literary critic, to respond to various concepts through the author's deductions and extrapolations from Wharton's own words. Professor Killoran's book provides a fresh reading of the best and most influential criticism on Wharton and in so doing throws new light on Wharton's works themselves."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12325887.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Once considered the "last Victorian," Edith Wharton and her fiction were at first greeted with the gentility proper to a lady of New York's social elite. Gradually, however, critics became gadflies incessantly buzzing at a Sphinx who seemed never to comment on her own work. At times, though, her impulses took control and she made remarks in letters and elsewhere that, on the one hand, appear to illuminate the fiction, but on the other, often raise more problems than they solve. Ironically, now that she is becoming recognized as a Modernist by some, and as perhaps the greatest American writer of her generation, the criticism often obfuscates more than it reveals. The reasons reside in critics' loyalties to various theoretical approaches, the objectivity of which are often compromised by political hopes. This volume not only traces and analyzes the development of Whartonian literary criticism in its historical and political contexts, but also allows Edith Wharton, herself a literary critic, to respond to various concepts through the author's deductions and extrapolations from Wharton's own words. Professor Killoran's book provides a fresh reading of the best and most influential criticism on Wharton and in so doing throws new light on Wharton's works themselves."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Works by Edith Wharton: p. [143]-146.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-168) and index.".
- catalog description "Preview: the feminine, the lull, the feminist -- The house of mirth: from morality to taxidermy -- Ethan Frome: the murder of a masterpiece -- The custom of the country: monstrous undine -- Summer: the law of the father -- The age of innocence: a buried life -- Ghosts: in broad daylight -- Review: further sources.".
- catalog extent "xii, 184 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1571131019 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in American literature and culture. Literary criticism in perspective".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Rochester, NY : Camden House,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.52 21".
- catalog subject "PS3545.H16 Z6868 2001".
- catalog subject "Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 Criticism and interpretation History.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preview: the feminine, the lull, the feminist -- The house of mirth: from morality to taxidermy -- Ethan Frome: the murder of a masterpiece -- The custom of the country: monstrous undine -- Summer: the law of the father -- The age of innocence: a buried life -- Ghosts: in broad daylight -- Review: further sources.".
- catalog title "The critical reception of Edith Wharton / Helen Killoran.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".