The Age of Innocence. [Broadview Literary Texts]

Edith Wharton ; Michael Nowlin [Editor]

ISBN 10: 1551113368 / ISBN 13: 9781551113364

Published by Broadview Press, 2002

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pp.xiv, 432 pages, an AS NEW paperback [1551113368]. Hard to find outside America.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Age of Innocence. [Broadview Literary Texts]
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551113368
• ISBN 13: 9781551113364
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

The Age of Innocence marks the pinnacle of Edith Wharton’s career as one of the finest American novelists of her era. The narrative follows Newland Archer, of upper-crust 1870s New York, whose passion for the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska leads him to question the very foundations of his way of life. Written in the aftermath of World War I, the novel explores the psychological and cultural paradoxes of desire in a world undergoing unprecedented transformations.

This edition includes a critical introduction and a range of appendices that contextualize the novel in terms of its modernist themes and tensions.

About the Author

Michael Nowlin is Assistant Professor of English at The University of Victoria. He has published articles on Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Toni Morrison.