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Memorial boxes and guarded interiors : Edith Wharton and material culture /

American writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) once wrote in Harper's that she wanted to "penetrate ... the carefully guarded interior[s]" of her past memories and fashion them "into a little memorial like the boxes formed of exotic shells which sailors used to fabricate between voyag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Totten, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Colección:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:American writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) once wrote in Harper's that she wanted to "penetrate ... the carefully guarded interior[s]" of her past memories and fashion them "into a little memorial like the boxes formed of exotic shells which sailors used to fabricate between voyages." For Totten (English, North Dakota State U.) this statement is a striking reminder of the connections between material objects and cultural meanings in Wharton's life and work. He presents 11 essays that explore these connections in a variety of ways. Topics include critical linkages of Wharton to materiality as a means to keep her outside the canonical, resistance to commodification in The House of Mirth, the creation of the disposable object and Wharton's characters' fears of their disposability, Wharton's ideas about the use of museum space in The Age of Innocence, and the effect of technology on domestic space in The Fruit of the Tree
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.
ISBN:9780817388829
0817388826