Edith Wharton feared that the 'ill-bred', foreign and poor would overwhelm what was known as the American native elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and Wharton's major novels, Jennie Kassanoff argues that a fuller appreciat...

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1. Verfasser:	Kassanoff, Jennie Ann (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in American literature and culture 143
Schlagworte:	Wharton, Edith / 1862-1937 / Political and social views Wharton, Edith > 1862-1937 Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte Politics and literature / United States / History / 20th century Race relations in literature Immigrants in literature Race in literature Ethnische Beziehungen Rassenpolitik USA
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Zusammenfassung:	Edith Wharton feared that the 'ill-bred', foreign and poor would overwhelm what was known as the American native elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and Wharton's major novels, Jennie Kassanoff argues that a fuller appreciation of American culture and democracy becomes available through a sustained engagement with these controversial views. She pursues her theme through Wharton's spirited participation in a variety of turn-of-the-century discourses - from euthanasia and tourism to pragmatism and Native Americans - to produce a truly interdisciplinary study of this major American writer. Kassanoff locates Wharton squarely in the middle of the debates on race, class and democratic pluralism at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing on diverse cultural materials, she offers close interdisciplinary readings that will be of interest to scholars of American literature and culture
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)
ISBN:	9780511485558
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511485558