House of Mirth

Name: House of Mirth
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ISBN: 9781593081539

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Authors: Edith Warton, Jeffrey Meyers, Jeffrey Meyers

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Edith Wharton’s dark view of society, the somber economics of marriage, and the powerlessness of the unwedded woman in the 1870s emerge dramatically in the tragic novelThe House of Mirth. Faced with an array of wealthy suitors, New York socialite Lily Bart falls in love with lawyer Lawrence Selden, whose lack of money spoils their chances for happiness together. Dubious business deals and accusations of liaisons with a married man diminish Lily’s social status, and as she makes one bad choice after another, she learns how venal and brutally unforgiving the upper crust of New York can be. One of America’s finest novels of manners,The House of Mirthis a beautifully written and ultimately…

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List price: $10.95
Publisher: Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.19" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Jane Alison has a bachelor's degree in classics from Princeton University & a M.F.A. from Columbia University. She lives in Germany.

Jeffrey Meyers, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has written biographies of such literary greats as D.H. Lawrence, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, & F. Scott Fitzgerald.



About the Series


About This Volume



The House of Mirth: The Complete Text


Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts


The Complete Text [1905 Scribner's Edition]



The House of Mirth: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism


A Critical History of The House of Mirth


Cultural Criticism and The House of Mirth


What Is Cultural Criticism?


Cultual Criticism: A Selecterd Bibliography


A Cultural Perspective:


Lillian S. Robinson, The Traffic in Women: A Cultural Critique of The House of Mirth


Marxist Criticism and The House of Mirth


What Is Marxist Criticism?


Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography


A Marxist Perspective:


Wai-Chee Dimock, Debasing Exchange: Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth


Feminist Criticism and The House of Mirth


What Is Feminist Criticism?


Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography


A Feminist Perspective:


Frances L. Restuccia, The Name of the Lily: Edith Wharton's Feminism(s)


Deconstruction and The House of Mirth


What Is Deconstruction?


Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography


A Deconstructionist Perspective:


Margot Norris, Death by Speculation: Deconstructing The House of Mirth


Psychoanalytic Criticism and The House of Mirth


What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?


Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography


A Psychoanalytic Perspective:


Ellie Ragland Sullivan, The Daughter's Dilemma: Psychoanalytic Interpretation and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth


Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms


About the Contributors