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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 36, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedCritic Andrew Levy points out the importance of the indoors for Wharton: "Indoor metaphors were a leitmotif in her letters, essays, and fiction, and her books on garden architecture and home decor were among her most...
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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 30, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed
An economy of beauty: the beauty system in Edith Wharton's "The Looking Glass" and "Permanent Wave."
The fiction of Edith Wharton explores the relationship between women and beauty and the ways in which this beauty influences their role in a given society. A study of the women in 'Permanent Wave' and 'The Looking Glass'... -
From:Belles Lettres: A Review of Books by Women (Vol. 10, Issue 1)A combination of literary criticism and biography, this study breaks new ground by exploring the "inner circle" of friends that surrounded Edith Wharton and Henry James. This group, which included such prominent men as...
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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 35, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed"There is no sort of experience that works so constantly and subtly upon man as his regional environment" (97), writes Mary Austin in her essay "Regionalism in American Fiction" (1932). She urges her readers to know...