Edith Wharton - American Writers 12
Edith Wharton - American Writers 12: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers
LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS
Copyright Date: 1961
Edition: NED - New edition
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 48
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Edith Wharton - American Writers 12
Book Description:

Edith Wharton. To meet a need which had been felt for some time both in the United States and abroad, the pamphlet series, the University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers, was established in 1959. By providing readable critical introductions to American Writers, the pamphlets were designed to meet the needs and tastes of mature students and readers of imaginative literature throughout the world.

eISBN: 978-0-8166-5165-8
Subjects: History
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. 1-4)
  2. Edith Wharton
    Edith Wharton (pp. 5-43)

    It was the fashion among Edith Wharton’s friends, initiated by Henry James, to describe her in terms of glowing hyperbole, to see her in the guise of a great golden eagle swooping down from her high built palace of adventure to stir up the poor old croaking barnyard fowls. The woman is almost lost sight of in their boasts of her activities and possessions: the lovingly clipped and tended gardens, the gleaming, perfectly appointed interiors, the big, fast motor (purchased with the proceeds of the current book) bearing its multilingual owner and her faithful band over the roads of Europe...

  3. Selected Bibliography
    Selected Bibliography (pp. 44-46)
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