The House of Mirth

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Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martins innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was one of Americas greatest writers. The author of more than forty books, including The Age of Innocence, Wharton was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Wharton was the principal designer of her 1902 country home The Mount in Lenox, Mass. The Mounts elegant house and gardens reflect the neoclassical design principles that she espoused in her works The Decoration of Houses and Italian Villas and Their Gardens.

Shari Benstock

  About the Series
  About This Volume

PART ONE: THE HOUSE OF MIRTH: THE COMPLETE TEXT

  Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts

  The Complete Text [1905 Scribners Edition]

PART TWO: THE HOUSE OF MIRTH: A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM

  A Critical History of The House of Mirth

  Cultural Criticism and The House of Mirth
    What Is Cultural Criticism?
    Cultual Criticism: A Selecterd Bibliography
    A Cultural Perspective:
       Lillian S. Robinson, The Traffic in Women: A Cultural Critique of The House of Mirth

  Marxist Criticism and The House of Mirth
    What Is Marxist Criticism?
    Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
    A Marxist Perspective:
       Wai-Chee Dimock, Debasing Exchange: Edith Whartons The House of Mirth

  Feminist Criticism and The House of Mirth
    What Is Feminist Criticism?
    Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
    A Feminist Perspective:
       Frances L. Restuccia, The Name of the Lily: Edith Whartons Feminism(s)

  Deconstruction and The House of Mirth
    What Is Deconstruction?
    Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography
    A Deconstructionist Perspective:
       Margot Norris, Death by Speculation: Deconstructing The House of Mirth

  Psychoanalytic Criticism and The House of Mirth
    What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?
    Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
    A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
       Ellie Ragland Sullivan, The Daughters Dilemma: Psychoanalytic Interpretation and Edith Whartons The House of Mirth

  Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms

  About the Contributors