{"product_id":"edith-wharton-and-cosmopolitanism-hardcover","title":"Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeredith L. Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEmily J. Orlando\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring Edith Wharton's engagement with global issues in her life and writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed for her remarkable social and psychological insights into the Gilded Age lives of privileged Americans, Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, was a transnational author who attempted to understand and appreciate the culture, history, and artifacts of the regions she encountered in her extensive travels abroad. \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism\u003c\/i\u003e explores the international scope of Wharton's life and writing, focusing on how her work connects with the idea of cosmopolitanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume illustrates the many ways Wharton engaged with global issues of her time. Contributors examine both her canonical and lesser-known works, including her art historical discoveries, political work, travel writing, World War I texts, and first novel. They consider themes of anarchism, race, imperialism, regionalism, and orientalism; Wharton's treatment of contemporary marriage debates; her indebtedness to her literary predecessors; and her genre experimentation. Together, they demonstrate how Wharton's struggle to balance her powerful local and national identifications with cosmopolitan values, resulted in a diverse, complex, and sometimes problematic relationship to a cosmopolitan vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68018730238175,"sku":"9780813062815","price":129.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/m9fOnjUZVg9780813062815.webp?v=1792003851","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/edith-wharton-and-cosmopolitanism-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}