{"product_id":"edith-wharton-and-genre-laura-rattray-9780230361669","title":"Edith Wharton and Genre: Beyond Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive new archival research, \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton and Genre: Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first study of Wharton's full engagement with original writing in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenres outside those with which she has been most closely identified. So much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore than an acclaimed novelist and short story writer, Wharton is reconsidered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein this book as a controversial playwright, a gifted poet, a trailblazing travel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriter, an innovative and subversive critic, a hugely influential design writer, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean author who overturned the conventions of autobiographical form. Her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eversatility across genres did not represent brief sidesteps, temporary diversions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom what has long been read as her primary role as novelist. Each was pursued\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efully and whole-heartedly, speaking to Wharton's very sense of herself as an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eartist and her connected vision of artistry and art. The stories of these other Edith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhartons, born through her extraordinary dexterity across a wide range of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenres, and their impact on our understanding of her career, are the focus of this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew study, revealing a bolder, more diverse, subversive and radical writer than\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas long been supposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Rattray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230361668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230361669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"Laura Rattray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942685212927,"sku":"9780230361669","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f2056f03-c17d-40f2-ad08-dcd002152438.jpg?v=1681493765","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edith-wharton-and-genre-laura-rattray-9780230361669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}