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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Beneath the polished surface of the genteel environments delineated in Wharton's fiction, characters are competing fiercely for desirable mates, questing for social status and resources, and plotting ruthlessly to advance their relatives' fortunes in life. This book identifies these and other evolutionary issues central to her fiction, demonstrating their significance in terms of character, setting, plot, and theme. Connections to existing Wharton criticism are made throughout the book, so that readers can see how an evolutionary perspective enriches, refutes, or reconfigures insights derived from other critical approaches. Beneath the polished surface of the genteel social environments often delineated in Edith Wharton's fiction, readers observe characters competing fiercely for desirable mates, questing for social status and resources, and plotting ruthlessly to advance their relatives' fortunes in life. This book identifies these issues central to Edith's fiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The inaugural book in ASP's new Evolution, Cognition, and the Arts series, this collection of essays examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Using an interdisciplinary framework to pose new questions about long admired, much discussed texts, the collection as a whole provides an introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Individual essays feature a variety of figuresBenjamin Franklin to Billy Collinstargeting fitness-related issues ranging from sexual strategies and parental investment to cheating and deception. Attention is paid to the physical and social environments in which fictional characters are placed, including the influence of culturalhistorical conditions on resource acquisition, status-building, competition, and reciprocity. Discussion throughout the volume makes connections to existing secondary comment, suggesting how Darwinian scrutiny can generate unexpected insights into long familiar works. This book examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Individual essays address figures ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Billy Collins, targeting a variety of fitness-related issuescourtship, nepotism, competition, cooperation, status, and deception, for examplein the context of both physical and social environment. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Beneath the polished surface of the genteel environments delineated in Wharton's fiction, characters are competing fiercely for desirable mates, questing for social status and resources, and plotting ruthlessly to advance their relatives' fortunes in life. This book identifies these and other evolutionary issues central to her fiction, demonstrating their significance in terms of character, setting, plot, and theme. Connections to existing Wharton criticism are made throughout the book, so that readers can see how an evolutionary perspective enriches, refutes, or reconfigures insights derived from other critical approaches. Beneath the polished surface of the genteel social environments often delineated in Edith Wharton's fiction, readers observe characters competing fiercely for desirable mates, questing for social status and resources, and plotting ruthlessly to advance their relatives' fortunes in life. This book identifies these issues central to Edith's fiction. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2012 Cambridge University Press hadrcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume provides the first substantial text dedicated to the various contexts that frame Wharton's remarkable career. Each essay offers a clearly argued and lucid assessment of Wharton's work as it relates to seven key areas: life and works, critical receptions, book and publishing history, arts and aesthetics, social designs, time and place, and literary milieux. These sections provide a broad and accessible resource for students coming to Wharton for the first time while offering scholars new critical insights. CONTENTS: Part I. Life and Works 1. Edith Wharton: contextual revisions by Laura Rattray 2. Chronology: Wharton in cultural and historical context by Pamela Knights and Laura Rattray 3. Biography by Melanie Dawson 4. Composition and publication by Sharon Kehl Califano 5. Portraits of Wharton by Susan Goodman Part II. Critical Receptions 6. Contemporary reviews, 1877-1938 by Heidi M. Kunz 7. Obituaries by Linda De Roche 8. 'Justice' to Edith Wharton? The early critical responses by Melissa M. Pennell 9. Modern critical receptions by Jessica Schubert McCarthy Part III. Book and Publishing History 10. Wharton and her editors by Sharon Shaloo 11. Selling Wharton by Gary Totten 12. Serialization by Elsa Nettels 13. Short story markets by Bonnie Shannon McMullen Part IV. Arts and Aesthetics 14. Stage adaptations of Wharton's fiction by John Dennis Anderson 15. Wharton's writings on screen by Anne-Marie Evans 16. Visual arts by Emily J. Orlando 17. Architecture by Cecilia Macheski 18. Interior and garden design by Helena Chance 19. Images of Wharton by Katherine Joslin Part V. Social Designs 20. The marriage market by Pamela Knights 21. Leisured lives by Maureen E. Montgomery 22. Wharton and gender by Linda Wagner-Martin 23. Race and imperialism by Margaret Toth 24. Social transitions by Adam Jabbur Part VI. Time and Place 25. Wharton and France by William Blazek 26. Wharton and Italy by Robin Peel 27. Wharton and World War I by Julie Olin-Ammentorp 28. The 1920s by Gail D. Sinclair 29. Wharton and the Great Depression by Carol J. Singley Part VII. Literary Milieux 30. Literary influences by Judith P. Saunders 31. Wharton and the American romantics by Linda Costanzo Cahir 32. The novel of manners by Cecilia Macheski 33. Naturalism by Donna Campbell 34. Modernism by Jennifer Haytock.…