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Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence: New Centenary Essays
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Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence: New Centenary Essays
Current price: $150.00
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Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence: New Centenary Essays
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Following the publication of
in 1920,
Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. To mark 100 years since the book's first publication,
The Age of Innocence
brings together leading scholars to explore cutting-edge critical approaches to Wharton's most popular novel. Re-visiting the text through a wide range of contemporary critical perspectives, this book considers theories of mind and affect, digital humanities and media studies; narrational form; innocence and scandal; and the experience of reading the novel in the late twentieth century as the child of refugees. With an introduction by editor Arielle Zibrak that connects the 1920 novel to the sociocultural climate of 2020, this collection both celebrates and offers stimulating critical insights into this landmark novel of modern American literature