Intimate Exchanges: Work, Affect, and Exploitation in Edith Wharton’s <i>The House of Mirth</i>

The opposition between the world of work and the exchanges that constitute it, on the one hand, and that of intimacy and affect, on the other, has been a rich source of criticism on Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth ever since its publication in 1905. Through a close rereading of the novel in terms...

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Main Author: James Dorson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2014-02-01
Series:American Studies in Scandinavia
Online Access:https://192.168.7.25:443/index.php/assc/article/view/5150