Edith Wharton (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Edith Wharton is recognized for her complex yet controlled handling of character and situation in her writing. The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, and Ethan Frome are among her novels that are examined here, along with an examination of Wharton as a writer of short stories. This title, Edith Wharton, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Edith Wharton through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Edith Wharton, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.