Wharton and feminist criticism -- Wharton, women, and authorship at the turn of the century -- Competing discourses and the word in The house of mirth -- The unravelling of story in The reef -- Seduction and language in Summer -- Gender and performance in The glimpses of the moon
Summary
This close and innovative study of Edith Wharton's major novels reveals the use of increasingly complex narrative techniques to counter the multiple forces working against women writers at the beginning of the twentieth century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index
