Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 The Social Subject in The Age of Innocence
- 2 Edith Wharton and the Science of Manners
- 3 Edith Wharton and Race
- 4 The Custom of the Country
- 5 The Female Conscience in Wharton's Shorter Fiction
- 6 Law, Language, and Ritual in Summer
- 7 The House of Mirth
- 8 The Fruit of the Tree
- 9 The Valley of Decision
- 10 Edith Wharton's Valley of Decision
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series List
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2006
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 The Social Subject in The Age of Innocence
- 2 Edith Wharton and the Science of Manners
- 3 Edith Wharton and Race
- 4 The Custom of the Country
- 5 The Female Conscience in Wharton's Shorter Fiction
- 6 Law, Language, and Ritual in Summer
- 7 The House of Mirth
- 8 The Fruit of the Tree
- 9 The Valley of Decision
- 10 Edith Wharton's Valley of Decision
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series List
Summary
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- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to Edith Wharton , pp. i - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995