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Edith Wharton’s “Coming Home”: Spinning a Good Yarn with Homeric Intent 伊迪丝·沃顿的《回家》:用荷马式的意图编织一个好故事

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.35.1.0001

Maureen E. Montgomery

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Edith Wharton's Bible 伊迪丝·华顿的圣经

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.1.0062

S. Jones

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Dangerous Domesticity: Gossip and Gothic Homes in Edith Wharton’s Fiction 危险的家庭生活:伊迪丝·华顿小说中的八卦与哥特式住宅

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.35.1.0022

Katrin Horn

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"Like the Heathen": Liminality, Ritual, and Religious Authority in Summer “像异教徒一样”:夏天的阈限、仪式和宗教权威

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.1.0001

Meredith L. Goldsmith

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Editor’s Note Editor’s音符

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.3366/mclc.2020.0013

Paul Ohler

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Edith Wharton as Regionalist: A New Context for Reading Summer 伊迪丝·华顿的地域主义者:夏日阅读的新语境

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.2.0146

Martha M. Billips

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A Shared Performance: The Age of Innocence and The Shaughraun's Ribbon-Kissing Scene 共同的表演:《纯真年代》和《肖朗的吻带场景》

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.2.0124

L. McCarthy

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Adapting Traditions: Lacunae Surrounding the 1934 Film Adaptation of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence 改编传统:围绕1934年伊迪丝·华顿《纯真年代》改编电影的空白

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.2.0101

B. Wood

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The Dark Side of the Moon: Edith Wharton's Fictional Treatment of Islam in In Morocco and "The Seed of the Faith" 月亮的阴暗面:伊迪丝·沃顿在《在摩洛哥》和《信仰的种子》中对伊斯兰教的虚构处理

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.34.1.0033

Marwan M. Obeidat, Nazmi Al-Shalabi

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Re-forming Manon: A New History of Edith Wharton’s 1901 Play, Manon Lescaut 重新塑造玛农:伊迪丝·华顿1901年戏剧《玛农·莱斯科》的新历史

Edith Wharton Review Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.5325/EDITWHARREVI.35.1.0047

Mary Chinery

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