{"product_id":"9780230361669","title":"Edith Wharton and Genre: Beyond Fiction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEdith Wharton and Genre: Beyond Fiction\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRattray, Laura\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive new archival research, \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton and Genre: Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first study of Wharton’s full engagement with original writing in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenres outside those with which she has been most closely identified. So much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore than an acclaimed novelist and short story writer, Wharton is reconsidered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein this book as a controversial playwright, a gifted poet, a trailblazing travel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriter, an innovative and subversive critic, a hugely influential design writer, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean author who overturned the conventions of autobiographical form. Her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eversatility across genres did not represent brief sidesteps, temporary diversions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom what has long been read as her primary role as novelist. Each was pursued\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efully and whole-heartedly, speaking to Wharton’s very sense of herself as an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eartist and her connected vision of artistry and art. The stories of these other Edith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhartons, born through her extraordinary dexterity across a wide range of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenres, and their impact on our understanding of her career, are the focus of this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew study, revealing a bolder, more diverse, subversive and radical writer than\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas long been supposed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-08-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780230361669\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-349-59557-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 242.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752450715788,"sku":"9780230361669","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780230361669_f673f8e7-b5a6-4030-81ad-f979a318ad90.jpg?v=1767271989","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780230361669","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}