The Age of Innocence: A Novel of Ironic Nostaglia (Twayne's Masterwork Studies)

By Linda Wagner-Martin

Book Overview

A discussion of Edith Wharton's novel of manners, which shows how The Age of Innocence satirically and tragically comments on the restrictive social mores and the position of women in 19th-century American society. Linda Wagner-Martin traces the book's critical reception, comments on its importance, and provides extended analyses of the novel's major characters.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805746161
• ISBN13: 9780805746167
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Twayne Pub
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"