{"product_id":"edith-wharton-and-cosmopolitanism-meredith-l-goldsmith-9780813062815","title":"Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism","description":"\"These energizing, excellent essays address the international scope of Wharton's writing and contribute to the growing fields of transatlantic, hemispheric, and global studies.\"--Carol J. Singley, author of \u003ci\u003eA Historical Guide to Edith Wharton\u003c\/i\u003e \"Readers will emerge with a new respect for Wharton's engagement with the world around her and for her ability to convey her particular vision in her literary works.\"--Julie Olin-Ammentorp, author of \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton's Writings from the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eHailed for her remarkable social and psychological insights into the Gilded Age lives of privileged Americans, Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, was a transnational author who attempted to understand and appreciate the culture, history, and artifacts of the regions she encountered in her extensive travels abroad. \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism\u003c\/i\u003e explores the international scope of Wharton's life and writing, focusing on how her work connects with the idea of cosmopolitanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume illustrates the many ways Wharton engaged with global issues of her time. Contributors examine both her canonical and lesser-known works, including her art historical discoveries, political work, travel writing, World War I texts, and first novel. They consider themes of anarchism, race, imperialism, regionalism, and orientalism; Wharton's treatment of contemporary marriage debates; her indebtedness to her literary predecessors; and her genre experimentation. Together, they demonstrate how Wharton's struggle to balance her powerful local and national identifications with cosmopolitan values, resulted in a diverse, complex, and sometimes problematic relationship to a cosmopolitan vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e: Ferdâ Asya William Blazek Rita Bode Donna Campbell Mary Carney Clare Virginia Eby June Howard Meredith L. Goldsmith Sharon Kim D. Medina Lasansky Maureen Montgomery Emily J. Orlando Margaret A. Toth Gary Totten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meredith L. Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813062810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813062815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Meredith L. Goldsmith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136167948543,"sku":"9780813062815","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75bc4994-4ffe-4a3f-b7ef-54b3e1dcd083.jpg?v=1770160964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edith-wharton-and-cosmopolitanism-meredith-l-goldsmith-9780813062815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}