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Jennie A. Kassanoff (Author)

Edith Wharton feared that the ‘ill-bred’, foreign and poor would overwhelm a native American elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and all of Wharton’s novels, Jennie A. Kassanoff argues that a more accurate picture of her appreciation of American culture and democracy develops through less engagement with these controversial views. She pursues her theme by documenting Wharton’s spirited participation in turn-of-the-century discourses ranging from euthanasia and tourism to pragmatism and Native Americans.

Number of Pages: 240Dimensions: 0.55 x 9 x 6 INPublication Date: February 01, 2008