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The Age of Innocence (Norton Critical Editions)
The Age of Innocence - Norton Critical Editions Author:Edith Wharton The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of Old New York is accompanied by necessarily rigorous annotation. Contexts constructs the historical foundations of the novel, with documents on the "New York Four Hundred," elite social gatherings, and archery (the sport for daughters of the upper-crust), among others. Als... more »o featured in this section are contemporary reviews and some of Wharton's own letters and manuscript outlines. Criticism features thirteen major essays on the novel, by Julia Ehrhardt, R. W. B. Lewis, Janet Goodwyn, Nancy Bentley, Brian Edwards, Anne Macmasters, Dale Bauer, Elizabeth Ammons, Judith Fryer, Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Linda Wagner Martin, Candace Waid, and Brigette Peucker (on film adaptations of the novel). A Selected Bibliography is included. About the series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.« less