Title: Edith Wharton's brave new politics /
Authors: Bauer, Dale M., 1956-
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Wharton, Edith, Political and social views.; Political fiction, American History and criticism.; Politics and literature United States History.; Feminism and literature United States History.; Women and literature United States History.; Sex role in literature; Women in literature; Politics and literature United States History; Feminism and literature United States History; Women and literature United States History; Feminist fiction, American History and criticism.
Contents: Summer and the rhetoric of reproduction -- Why gentlewomen prefer blondes: the mother's recompense -- Eugenics and a new politics: twilight sleep and the children -- The advance men and Edith Wharton: the public relations of writing -- "Roman fever": a rune of history -- "Edith Agonistes."