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Edith Wharton and the visual arts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Edith Wharton and the visual arts.

Orlando, Emily J.

U. of Alabama Press

2006

250 pages

$47.50

Hardcover

Studies in American literary realism and naturalism

PS3545

In a presentation of close readings of several of Edith Wharton's short stories and sections of her longer works, Orlando (American literature, Tennessee State U.) develops an argument for the author's often critical engagement with the representation of women by painters of her time, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites. Two chapters are devoted to Wharton's ...

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