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Judith Wheater's Queer Vision: Edith Wharton's Alternative Title for The Children 朱迪思·惠特的酷儿视野:伊迪丝·沃顿给孩子们的另一个标题

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-12-08 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.36.1.0001

Jennifer Haytock

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"One Long Vision of Beauty": Edith Wharton and Italian Visual Culture “美丽的长远愿景”:伊迪丝·华顿与意大利视觉文化

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-12-08 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.36.1.0025

Emily J. Orlando

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The Sins of the Fathers: Mental Illness, Heredity, and Short Fiction by Wharton and Hemingway 《父亲的罪过:精神疾病、遗传与短篇小说》，作者:沃顿和海明威

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-12-08 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.36.1.0048

Lisa Tyler

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What the Stones Might Not Tell: Questioning the Attribution of Edith Wharton's Print Debut 石头可能无法说明的:质疑伊迪丝·华顿首次印刷作品的归属

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-05-14 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.35.2.0119

F.D.A. Wegener

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Remembering George Edward Ramsden: 12 June 1953–7 April 2019 纪念乔治·爱德华·拉姆斯登:1953年6月12日至2019年4月7日

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-05-14 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.35.2.0093

Nynke Dorhout, Susan Wissler

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"Hold me, Gerty, hold me": Lily Bart's Queer Desire “抱着我，格蒂，抱着我”:莉莉·巴特的《奇异欲望》

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-05-14 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.35.2.0096

H. Champion

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The Frenchwoman Dépaysée: Edith Wharton and Gabrielle Landormy 法国女人:伊迪丝·沃顿和加布里埃尔·兰多米

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-05-14 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.35.2.0136

D. Campbell

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Spiritual Practitioners, Storytelling Markets, and the Economics of Consolation in Wharton's Postwar Fiction 沃顿战后小说中的精神实践者、讲故事的市场和安慰经济学

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.1.0013

Margaret A. Toth

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Every Contact Leaves a Trace: Wharton's Critique of the Forensic Imagination in The House of Mirth 每次接触都会留下痕迹:沃顿对《欢乐之家》中法医想象力的批判

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.2.0167

M. Marchand

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Religious Texts in Edith Wharton's Library 伊迪丝·华顿图书馆的宗教文本

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/editwharrevi.34.1.0079

Sheila Liming

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