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Ethan Frome authoritative text backgrounds and contexts criticism

A Norton critical edition

by Wharton Edith

Synopsis

It is fully annotated for undergraduate readers.

"Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a rich selection of materials, somepreviously unavailable, for the study of contemporary psychological,social, and economic issues, as well as Wharton's privatecorrespondence and writings and biographical accounts of the author.

Arranged under two headings, "Criticism" reveals Ethan Frome's impact asboth a literary work and a social commentary."Contemporary Reviews" consists of eight prominent assessments of EthanFrome, including reviews from the New York Times Book Review, Outlook,The Nation, the Saturday Review, and those penned by Frederic TaberCooper and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, among others. "Modern Criticism" (1956-1991) includes seven interpretations of thenovella by Lionel Trilling, Elizabeth Ammons, Judith Fryer, Jean FrantzBlackall, Lev Raphael, Candace Waid, and Cynthia Griffin Wolff.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are also included.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1995
ISBN-13 9780393966350
ISBN-10 0393966356
Class Copyright
Publisher W.W. Norton
Subject FICTION;LITERARY CRITICISM
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 188
Shelf No. GR713