Edith Wharton and the Politics of Race (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521830898)

Edith Wharton feared that the 'ill-bred', foreign and poor would overwhelm a native American elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and all of Wharton's novels, Jennie A. Kassanoff argues that a more accurate picture of her appreciation of American culture and democracy develops through less engagement with these controversial views. She pursues her theme by documenting Wharton's spirited participation in turn-of-the-century discourses ranging from euthanasia and tourism to pragmatism and Native Americans.

Author: Jennie A. Kassanoff
ISBN-10: 0521830893
ISBN-13: 9780521830898
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2004
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.26w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1229