LEADER 03841nam 22005893u 450 001 9910459859203321 005 20210107165221.0 010 $a0-8173-8882-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000259513 035 $a(EBL)1813076 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1813076 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000259513 100 $a20141020d2014|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aMemorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors$b[electronic resource] $eEdith Wharton and Material Culture 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aAmer Lit Realism & Naturalism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1561-6 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Edith Wharton and Material Culture / Gary Totten; I. Authority and Professionalism; 2. Presence and Professionalism: The Critical Reception of Edith Wharton / Lyn Bennett; 3. No Innocence in This Age: Edith Wharton''s Commercialization and Commodification / Jamie Barlowe; 4. Materializing the Word: The Woman Writer and the Struggle for Authority in ""Mr. Jones"" / Jacqueline Wilson-Jordan; II. The Body; 5. Picturing Lily: Body Art in ''The House of Mirth'' / Emily J. Orlando 327 $a6. Building the Female Body: Modern Technology and Techniques at Work in ''Twilight Sleep'' / Deborah J. ZakIII. Consumerism; 7. Fashioning an Aesthetics of Consumption in ''The House of Mirth'' / Jennifer Shepherd; 8. The Futile and the Dingy: Wasting and Being Wasted in ''The House of Mirth'' / J. Michael Duvall; IV. Interiors; 9. The Bachelor Girl and the Body Politic: The Built Environment, Self-Possession, and the Never-Married Woman in The House of Mirth / Linda S. Watts; 10. ""Use Unknown"": Edith Wharton, the Museum Space, and the Writer''s Work / Karin Roffman; V. Technology 327 $a11. The Machine in the Home: Women and Technology in ''The Fruit of the Tree'' / Gary Totten12. Undine Spragg, the Mirror and the Lamp in ''The Custom of the Country'' / Carol Baker Sapora; Works Cited; Contributors; Index 330 $aIn Edith Wharton's works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art and objects are for Wharton evidence of cultural belief and reflect the values, assumptions, and customs of the burgeoning consumer culture in which she lived and about which she wrote. Furthermore, her meditations about issues of architecture, design, and decoration serve as important commentaries on her vision of the literary arts. In The Decoration of Houses she notes that furniture and bric-a?-brac are often crowded into a room in order to com 410 0$aAmer Lit Realism & Naturalism 606 $aAmerican literature 606 $aMaterial culture in literature 606 $aWharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aAmerican literature. 615 4$aMaterial culture in literature. 615 4$aWharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation. 676 $a813.52 700 $aTotten$b Gary$0913472 701 $aOrlando$b Emily J$01028580 701 $aBarlowe$b Jamie$0451770 701 $aWilson-Jordan$b Jacqueline$01028581 701 $aRoffman$b Karin$01028582 701 $aDuvall$b J. Michael$01028583 701 $aWatts$b Linda S$01028584 701 $aZak$b Deborah$01028585 701 $aBennett$b Lyn$01028586 701 $aShepherd$b Jennifer$01028587 701 $aSapora$b Carol$01028588 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459859203321 996 $aMemorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors$92444633 997 $aUNINA