Title: Edith Wharton: convention and morality in the work of a novelist.
Authors: Lyde, Marilyn Jones,
Date: 1959
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Physical description: [i-xx] p., 1ℓ., 3-194 p., 1ℓ. : ill. ; 20.2 cm.
Language: English
LC class: P
Abstract: An examination of the critics' contradictory opinions about the novelist and Mrs. Lyde's own evaluation of her work.
Contents: The apparent contradictions in Mrs. Wharton's thought -- Edith Wharton's four awakeners -- The meaning of morality -- social convention and Edith Wharton's concept of truth -- The effect of wealth upon the development of convention and morality -- The tragic element in the work of Edith Wharton -- The artistic value of the theory of morality and convention.
Notes: First edition. Bound in rose cloth; stamped in silver; top edges stained rose. Dust jacket. From the library of Helen E. Scruggs.