New Essays on 'The House of Mirth' (Hardcover)

Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth captured the attention of a large portion of the reading public when it was published in a serial version in Scribner's for most of 1905 and then as a hardback in October of that year. Wharton's story of Lily Bart, a 'social parasite', according to reviewer Edmund Wilson, 'on the fringes of the very rich', topped the American bestseller list for four months. Furthermore, the novel sealed the author's reputation as one of the major English-language fiction writers of her generation. Each of the four articles collected in this New Essays volume, first published in 2001, makes distinctive claims for the historical, critical, and theoretical significance of Wharton's seminal work.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The American Novel
Release date:	2001
First published:	2001
Editors:	Deborah Esch
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	174
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-37231-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-521-37231-3
Barcode:	9780521372312

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