Edith Wharton's Old New York Society

by Maryann Zihala

Overview

Edith Wharton lived and wrote during a time of change and turmoil in America. She was among the group of American intellectual ex-patriots who fled to Paris in the early 1900s. Throughout her fiction, most of which is set in New York City in the early 1900s, her characters deal with many of the issues of the day including social classes and status, wealth and power, women's rights, progressivism, contraception and abortion, child labor, and education, worker's rights, and many others. Edith Wharton's Old New York Society is a comparative analysis of Wharton's Progressive era fiction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761823247
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/03/2002
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.42(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Maryann Zihala is a freelance writer, public speaker and political scientist.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Glancing Backward Chapter 2 History and Tradition Chapter 3 Wealth and Status Chapter 4 Social Awareness Chapter 5 Changing Attitudes Chapter 6 Index

Editorial Reviews

Divided into five thematic chapters that include "history and tradition," wealth and status," and "social awareness," this small volume is filled mainly with lengthy (some are entire chapters) excerpts from Wharton's oeuvre. Zihala, who has a master's degree in international relations and is working on a law degree, teaches history and political science at two community colleges in Missouri. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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