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Pastoral Cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton's Fiction: The World is a Welter
Pastoral Cosmopolitanism in Edith Wharton's Fiction: The World is a Welter
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Edith Wharton (1862–1937) is known for her tales of the city and the experiences of patrician New Yorkers in the "Gilded Age." This book prioritizes other "species of spaces" in Wharton's work, such as private gardens, public parks, mountain resorts, ruins, and country-estate "follies." It explores how Wharton utilizes, adapts, and translates pastoral tropes, conventions, and concerns to twentieth-century American realities, addressing a knowledge gap in Wharton and the environmental humanities.
Format: Hardback
Length: 230 pages
Publication date: 11 July 2023
Publisher: Anthem Press
American author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is most renowned today for her stories of the city and the lives of wealthy New Yorkers during the "Gilded Age." This book challenges prevailing critical consensus by prioritizing other "species of spaces" in Wharton's work. For instance, how do Wharton's narratives represent the organic abundance of external nature? Does the current scholarly fascination with the environmental humanities reveal previously unexamined or overlooked aspects of Wharton's craft? I propose that what is most striking about her narrative practice is how she utilizes, adapts, and translates pastoral tropes, conventions, and concerns to twentieth-century American realities. It is no coincidence that Wharton portrays characters returning to, or exploring, various natural localities, such as private gardens, public parks, chic mountain resorts, monumental ruins, or country-estate "follies." Such encounters and adventures prompt us to imagine new relationships with various geographies and the lifeforms that can be found there.
The book addresses a knowledge gap in Wharton and the environmental humanities, especially recent debates in ecocriticism. The excavation of Wharton's words and the background of her narratives with an eye to offering an ecocritical reading of her work is what the book focuses on.
Weight: 496g
Dimension: 236 x 160 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839988431
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