Edith Wharton
Subtitle: The Contemporary Reviews (American Critical Archives)
Contributors: James W. Tuttleton (Editor); Kristin O. Lauer (Editor); Margaret P. Murray (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 25, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9780521383196
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Criticism and interpretation; 20th Century American Novel And Short Story; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; Literary Criticism; USA; History; American - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Wharton, Edith; Wharton, Edith,--1862-1937--Criticism and interpretation; 1862-1937; Women and literature; United States; Wharton, Edith,
First sentence: One opens a new book on decoration with a weary anticipation, remembering how much has been lately written on the subject for Americans, and to how little purpose; but now the whole style and practice of decoration has changed, and the teaching of the last generation has become obsolete.