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Author:

Orlando, Emily J. (Emily Josephine), 1969-

Title:

Edith Wharton and the visual arts / Emily J. Orlando.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wharton, Edith,--1862-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
Wharton, Edith,--1862-1937--Art.--Art.
Art and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Visual perception in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: women, art, and the sexual politics of (mis)representation in Edith Wharton -- Beauty enshrined: living pictures and still lifes; or, her body becomes his art -- Picturing Lily: body art in The house of mirth and "The potboiler"; or, her body becomes her art -- "Beauty enthrones": the muse's progress -- Angels at the grave; custodial work in the palace of art -- "We'll look, not at visions, but at realities": women, art, and representation in The age of innocence.

Series:

Studies in American literary realism and naturalism

ISBN:

0817355529
9780817355524
9780817315375 (alk. paper)
0817315373 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006014321

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)