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MACMILLAN Edith Wharton's Social Register: Literary Theory & Contexts

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Literary Theory & Movements

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This academic study examines how Edith Wharton drew upon anthropology, sociology, and evolutionary theory to construct her social fictions, revealing her intellectual framework for understanding belonging, exile, and tribal behaviour. Claire Preston analyses Wharton's binary worldview of spatial boundaries and exclusions, exploring how she applied these concepts to preserve Old World traditions amid the cultural and territorial upheaval of the Great War. Through linked thematic sections, Preston investigates tribal inclusion and banishment, the influence of buccaneer figures whose wealth transcends social demarcations, and the expatriate experience in Wharton's fiction. This Palgrave Macmillan publication offers literary scholars and Wharton enthusiasts a comprehensive examination of how the author's reading in nascent social sciences shaped her narrative approach to exclusion, belonging, and the anxieties of her era.

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Examines Edith Wharton's engagement with anthropology, sociology, and evolutionary theory in her social fiction.

Explores Wharton's conceptual framework of tribal inclusion, spatial boundaries, and patterns of exile in her narratives.

Analyses how Wharton applied intellectual ideas to preserve Old World traditions during the Great War period.

Investigates buccaneer figures in Wharton's work and how their wealth-energy transcends traditional tribal demarcations.

Published by Palgrave Macmillan as a comprehensive study of literary theory and historical context.

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Brand: MACMILLAN
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0333746228
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 25 November 1999
Listed Since: 04 January 2007

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