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Fighting France : From Dunkerque to Belfort / Edith Wharton, Alice Kelly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) : 38 B/W illustrations 1 colour illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474406925
  • 9781474406932
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.344 23
LOC classification:
  • D640 .W53 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Wharton in Wartime -- Fighting France -- Further Reading -- Index
Summary: A new edition of Edith Wharton's war reportage from the First World WarEdith Wharton was one of the first woman writers to be allowed to visit the war zones in France. This resulting collection of 6 essays presents a fascinating and unique perspective on wartime France by one of America's great novelists. Written with Wharton's distinctive literary skills to advocate American intervention in the war, this little-known war text demonstrates that she was a complex and accomplished propagandist.However, these eyewitness accounts also demonstrate a troubling awareness of the human cost of war. This new critical edition aims to bring this neglected text into the field of Wharton studies, allowing critics and enthusiasts to re-evaluate her contribution as a war writer and to assess the significance of this period for her literary development.Key FeaturesThe first scholarly edition of a highly important work in Wharton's oeuvreRestores the original photographs which accompanied the textProvides extensive critical apparatus for understanding the text including a scholarly introduction and authoritative annotation in each chapterIncludes archival research in the Edith Wharton Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, and the Edith Wharton Manuscripts, Firestone Library, Princeton University

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Wharton in Wartime -- Fighting France -- Further Reading -- Index

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A new edition of Edith Wharton's war reportage from the First World WarEdith Wharton was one of the first woman writers to be allowed to visit the war zones in France. This resulting collection of 6 essays presents a fascinating and unique perspective on wartime France by one of America's great novelists. Written with Wharton's distinctive literary skills to advocate American intervention in the war, this little-known war text demonstrates that she was a complex and accomplished propagandist.However, these eyewitness accounts also demonstrate a troubling awareness of the human cost of war. This new critical edition aims to bring this neglected text into the field of Wharton studies, allowing critics and enthusiasts to re-evaluate her contribution as a war writer and to assess the significance of this period for her literary development.Key FeaturesThe first scholarly edition of a highly important work in Wharton's oeuvreRestores the original photographs which accompanied the textProvides extensive critical apparatus for understanding the text including a scholarly introduction and authoritative annotation in each chapterIncludes archival research in the Edith Wharton Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, and the Edith Wharton Manuscripts, Firestone Library, Princeton University

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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