Feminist readings of Edith Wharton
Subtitle: from silence to speech
By: Dianne L. Chambers.
Series: American literature readings in the 21st century
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230617650
Subjects: Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women in literature; Sex role in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Wharton and feminist criticism; title: Wharton, women, and authorship at the turn of the century; title: Competing discourses and the word in the House of mirth; title: Unravelling of story in The reef; title: Seduction and language in Summer; title: Gender and performance in the Glimpses of the moon.