The Age of Innocence: A Novel of Ironic Nostaglia

(Book #162 in the Twayne's Masterwork Studies Series)

by Linda Wagner-Martin

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A discussion of Edith Wharton's novel of manners, which shows how The Age of Innocence satirically and tragically comments on the restrictive social mores and the position of women in 19th-century American society. Linda Wagner-Martin traces the book's critical reception, comments on its importance, and provides extended analyses of the novel's major characters.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0805746161

ISBN13:9780805746167

Release Date:August 1996

Publisher:Twayne Publishers

Length:122 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"

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Classics Fiction Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction

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