Inventing The Real: The Old Maid and The Real Thing by Edith Wharton (English) P

Description: Inventing The Real by Edith Wharton, Henry James Explores two tales "The Old Maid" and "The Real Thing". FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An Edith Wharton and Henry James pairing explores reality in two classic tales. Using shades of irony to capture moments of surprise and sadness, Edith Wharton and Henry James play with reality - in the work of a portrait artist and in the secret love of a fallen woman for her daughter. Two cousins, one a well-to-do adoptive mother and the other a poor woman whose child knows her only as Aunt Chatty, vie for the girls affection in Whartons surprisingly explicit novella. James explores reality and illusion when an artist hires an aristocratic couple, who have fallen on hard times, to model and finds that their images do not work for his upper-class paintings. Together, The Old Maid and The Real Thing examine class and gender expectation versus actual experience. Author Biography Born in 1862, American writer Edith Wharton published numerous works including The Age of Innocence, Ethan Fromme, and The House of Mirth. Her writings became widely celebrated, earning her the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 and an honorary degree from Yale in 1923. Edith Wharton died of a stroke in 1937 in St.-Brice-sous-Forêt, France. Born in 1843, Henry James remains a preeminent author and literary critic. Born in the US, he spent most of his working life in England. He is best known for novels such as The Portrait of a Lady, The Golden Bowl, and The Wings of the Dove. He died in 1916. Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of English, French, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has received Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, Getty, and Rockefeller fellowships. Caws has served on many editorial boards and national committees. Review "This remarkable volume is a small treasure."--Brenda Wineapple, author of Hawthorne: A Life "The inimitable Edith Wharton and her friend, the unerring Henry James--their ironies pristine as ever--produce: brilliant satires pitting convention and patent-leather against the moral complexity of the human heart."--Brenda Wineapple, author of White Heat "There is something deeply adventurous about these works. . . . Both Wharton and James hold our attention, unceasingly, by opposing forces, male and female, and more subtly, by the counterfoils."--Mary Ann Caws, from the Introduction Review Quote "This remarkable volume is a small treasure." --Brenda Wineapple, author of Hawthorne: A Life "The inimitable Edith Wharton and her friend, the unerring Henry James--their ironies pristine as ever--produce: brilliant satires pitting convention and patent-leather against the moral complexity of the human heart." --Brenda Wineapple, author of White Heat "There is something deeply adventurous about these works. . . . Both Wharton and James hold our attention, unceasingly, by opposing forces, male and female, and more subtly, by the counterfoils." --Mary Ann Caws, from the Introduction Description for Sales People Two distinguished authors, who in life were great friends, are united in the first anthology to explicitly compare their work. This unique pairing should entice literary readers and also provide an entry point for those readers who have been intimidated by the more weighty volumes of these two essential authors. Both stories vividly portray the unfortunate victims of the human capacity to view illusion as more real at times than actual reality. Both stories also explore themes of gender and class expectation. Expert Mary Ann Caws paired the two stories; her informative introduction situates the tales, shows how they work together and how the backgrounds of and friendship between Wharton and James affected their writings. The sixth book in the 2x2 series, which pairs the literary writings of men and women in new and provocative ways. Details ISBN1558615768 Author Henry James Short Title INVENTING THE REAL Pages 152 Series 2x2 Language English ISBN-10 1558615768 ISBN-13 9781558615762 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Residence FR Birth 1862 Death 1937 DOI 10.1604/9781558615762 Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New York Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2008-07-01 NZ Release Date 2008-07-01 US Release Date 2008-07-01 UK Release Date 2008-07-01 Publisher Feminist Press at The City University of New York Publication Date 2008-07-01 Subtitle The Old Maid and The Real Thing DEWEY 813.52 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137868439;

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