Love and death in Edith Wharton's fiction
By: Tricia M. Farwell.
Series: Modern American literature : new approaches; v. 48; Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ;; v. 48.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Spiritual life in literature.; Death in literature.; Love in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The "fullness" of love in death; title: Love beyond eros in The house of mirth; title: Divided love in The fruit of the tree; title: A growl of rapture in Ethan Frome; title: "Perilous passion" in The reef; title: Love for "good" in Summer; title: "A philosophic romance" in The glimpses of the moon; title: "beyond the veil" love in Twilight sleep; title: The "beyondness of things" in The buccaneers.