Edith Wharton - Oeuvres
Classcompilé n° 96 - [5 romans dont Plein été, 9 nouvelles]
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Description de l’éditeur
Le Classcompilé n° 96 contient les oeuvres d'Edith Wharton en traduction française.
Edith Wharton, née Edith Newbold Jones à New York le et morte à Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (Val-d'Oise) le , est une romancière américaine. (Wikip).
CONTENU DU VOLUME :
ROMANS
CHEZ LES HEUREUX DU MONDE 1905
ETHAN FROME 1911
PLEIN ÉTÉ 1917
LA RÉCOMPENSE DE LA MÈRE 1925
LEURS ENFANTS 1928
NOUVELLES
LES METTEURS EN SCÈNE
LENDEMAIN 1899
LA TRAGÉDIE DE LA MUSE 1899
LE CONFESSIONNAL 1901
ÉCHÉANCE 1902
LES METTEURS EN SCÈNE 1908
LE VERDICT 1908
LES LETTRES 1910
LE RETOUR À LA MAISON 1916
ARTICLE
LES MAROCAINES CHEZ ELLES 1918
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
One of America's most beloved novelists, Wharton cut a niche for herself in American letters as the leading chronicler of upper-crust New York society and the purveyor of a style that mixed the respective strengths of American naturalism and the realism of her colleague and mentor, Henry James. In this fascinating collection of Wharton's critical prose, Wegener demonstrates that Wharton was a far better critic than she realized, and one only regrets, after reading these works, that she was not more prolific in that arena. Wegener's introduction to this collection benefits from being scholarly, readable and cogent. As he suggests, Wharton is simply a good critic, which is justification enough to reprint many of these otherwise inaccessible items. Even where one disagrees with Wharton's assessments (she held low opinions of Lawrence and Woolf) and assertions (the lives of the rich make for better novels than those of the poor), her criticisms remain rooted in an appreciation of novel-writing few today can match. Ably aided by Wegener's careful annotations, lovers of Wharton will be pleased by the variety of assembled material: critical essays, literary and theater reviews, tributes and eulogies, prefaces, introductions and forewords to her writings and those of others as well as several unpublished items. This volume is easily recommended to Wharton fans, scholars and scholarly libraries.