The Age of Innocence

Wharton, Edith; Nowlin, Michael Everett [editor]

ISBN 10: 1551113368 / ISBN 13: 9781551113364

Published by Broadview Literary Texts, 2002

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Tight bright unmarked book with slight bump to rear corner. ; 8.50 X 5.50 X 0.90 inches; 432 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Age of Innocence
• Publisher: Broadview Literary Texts
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551113368
• ISBN 13: 9781551113364
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism
  • Fiction

About this title

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.