简介
Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905) is a sharp and satirical, but also sensitive and tragic analysis of a young, single woman trying to find her place in a materialistic and unforgiving society. The House of Mirth offers a fascinating insight into the culture of the time and, as suggested by the success of recent film adaptations, it is also an enduring tale of love, ambition and social pressures still relevant today. Including a selection of illustrations from the original magazine publication, which offers a unique insight to what the contemporary reader would have seen, this volume also provides: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The House of Mirth a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of new critical essays on the The House of Mirth , by Edie Thornton, Katherine Joslin, Janet Beer, Elizabeth Nolan, Kathy Fedorko and PamelaKnights, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of The House of Mirth and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Wharton's text.
目录
List of illustrations p. ix
Acknowledgements p. x
Notes and references p. xi
Introduction p. xii
Text and contexts p. 1
The text p. 3
The author: Edith Wharton (1862-1937) p. 13
Literary contexts p. 21
Critical history p. 57
Early critical responses p. 59
Contemporary reviews p. 60
Wharton's correspondence about The House of Mirth p. 64
The first critics p. 66
R.W.B. Lewis, Cynthia Griffin Wolff: the pioneers p. 70
The radicalisation of Wharton criticism p. 72
Specialist studies p. 76
New directions: the uncollected works and the library catalogue p. 79
Critical readings p. 81
Introduction p. 83
'Beyond the Page: Visual Literacy and the Interpretation of Lily Bart' by Edith Thornton p. 84
'Is Lily Gay?' by Katherine Joslin p. 96
'The House of Mirth: Genred Locations' by Janet Beer and Elizabeth Nolan p. 106
'"Seeing a Disfigurement": Reading the Gothic in The House of Mirth' by Kathy Fedorko p. 116
'"Hypertexts" and the City: The House of Mirth at the Millennium' by Pamela Knights p. 127
Performance/adaptation p. 143
Introduction p. 145
Edith Wharton: transplanting Lily p. 145
'Les Metteurs en Scene' and The Glimpses of the Moon p. 146
'The Introducers' p. 147
The House of Mirth on stage p. 148
The House of Mirth on screen p. 152
Further reading and web resources p. 155
Further reading p. 157
Web resources p. 160
Index p. 163
Acknowledgements p. x
Notes and references p. xi
Introduction p. xii
Text and contexts p. 1
The text p. 3
The author: Edith Wharton (1862-1937) p. 13
Literary contexts p. 21
Critical history p. 57
Early critical responses p. 59
Contemporary reviews p. 60
Wharton's correspondence about The House of Mirth p. 64
The first critics p. 66
R.W.B. Lewis, Cynthia Griffin Wolff: the pioneers p. 70
The radicalisation of Wharton criticism p. 72
Specialist studies p. 76
New directions: the uncollected works and the library catalogue p. 79
Critical readings p. 81
Introduction p. 83
'Beyond the Page: Visual Literacy and the Interpretation of Lily Bart' by Edith Thornton p. 84
'Is Lily Gay?' by Katherine Joslin p. 96
'The House of Mirth: Genred Locations' by Janet Beer and Elizabeth Nolan p. 106
'"Seeing a Disfigurement": Reading the Gothic in The House of Mirth' by Kathy Fedorko p. 116
'"Hypertexts" and the City: The House of Mirth at the Millennium' by Pamela Knights p. 127
Performance/adaptation p. 143
Introduction p. 145
Edith Wharton: transplanting Lily p. 145
'Les Metteurs en Scene' and The Glimpses of the Moon p. 146
'The Introducers' p. 147
The House of Mirth on stage p. 148
The House of Mirth on screen p. 152
Further reading and web resources p. 155
Further reading p. 157
Web resources p. 160
Index p. 163
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