Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism [electronic resource] /
Campbell, Donna M.,author.
Orlando, Emily J.(Emily Josephine),1969-author.
Goldsmith, Meredith,author.
'Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism' explores Edith Wharton's relation to the concept of cosmopolitanism, as it extended toward her politics, her aesthetics, and her vision of cultural differences. Essays explore Wharton's cosmopolitan ideas and ideals, influences such as American art historian Charles Eliot Norton; her attitudes toward transatlanticism and globalization; and her art-historical discoveries in Europe.
Specialized.
'Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism' explores Edith Wharton's relation to the concept of cosmopolitanism, as it extended toward her politics, her aesthetics, and her vision of cultural differences. Essays explore Wharton's cosmopolitan ideas and ideals, influences such as American art historian Charles Eliot Norton; her attitudes toward transatlanticism and globalization; and her art-historical discoveries in Europe.
Specialized.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Edith Wharton: a citizen of the world / Meredith L. Goldsmith and Emily J. Orlando -- Cosmopolitan ideas and ideals -- Glimpses of the moon and the transatlantic debate over marital reform / Clare Virginia Eby -- Motifs of anarchism in Edith Wharton's The Children / Ferd Asya -- "The very beginning of things": reading Wharton through Charles Eliot Norton's life and writings on Italy / William Blazek -- Cosmopolitan places: from Italy to New York and back -- Wharton's Italian women: "My beloved Romola" / Rita Bode -- Possessing Italy: Wharton and American tourists / Maureen E. Montgomery -- Beyond the guidebook: Edith Wharton's rediscovery of San Vivaldo / D. Medina Lasansky -- Here/there, now/then, both/and: regionalism and cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton's old New York / June Howard -- Cosmopolitan aesthetics -- The cosmopolitan at war: Edith Wharton and transnational material culture / Mary Carney -- "Eyes filled with splendor": on Italy and the saturated gaze in the custom of the country / Sharon Kim -- Orientalism, modernism, and gender in Edith Wharton's late novels / Margaret A. Toth -- Afterword: Edith Wharton and the promise of cosmopolitanism / Gary Totten.
Description based on print version record.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
Women intellectuals
Cosmopolitanism.
Authors, American