Edith Wharton (Vintage)
by Hermione Lee
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Author: Hermione LeeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-08
ISBN: 0375702873
Number of pages: 912
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Edith Wharton: Victorian Rebel!
Summary: 5 Stars
While Edith Wharton's titles have become part of the American literary cannon, few of her readers know all that much about the author who created such revered works of fiction. Hermione Lee attempts to breathe life into who Edith Wharton was, and how her life influenced her art. Lee explores previously unresearched archival materials to flesh out a more vivid portrayal of the artist, as she did with Virginia Woolf. In the process Lee explores parts of Wharton's life there were left unrevealed by her previous biographer, R. W. B. Lewis, which leads to a greater understanding of her life, her times, and her craft. What emerges is a complex artist, driven by impulses, ambition, and contradictions, who also had considerable moments of doubt and was on the receiving end of considerable criticism. There is a tendency in male-dominated literature to view Wharton's contributions as somehow being lesser than that of her male peers, but in the end what Lee presents is an author who challenged the male-dominated realm and succeeded, and in many cases male authors came to view her not just as a peer but as a mentor.
The Wharton that emerges is a complicated and complex woman, whose personal life served as fodder for what she wrote about. The confining societal norms of her age dictated what she could and could not do, and that was injected into her work. What emerges is not a Victorian lady producing literature confined and limited to that age, but a woman rebelling against those same confines, urging rebellion against limitations and restrictions of any age. And that is the hallmark of great literature, which is why Wharton resonates still today. Lee's well thought out biography serves Wharton well!
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