Title: Edith Wharton and the Modern Privileges of Age
Description: "Focusing on the works of Edith Wharton and her contemporaries, Melanie Dawson discusses representations of modern American identities past early youth in twentieth-century literature. Dawson sets Wharton's work at the center of a vital debate about the contested privileges associated with age in contemporary culture"--
Subjects: American literature, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Wharton, edith, 1862-1937, Aging, Criticism and interpretation, Literary collections