Carol J. Singley is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden. She is the author of Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit (Cambridge, 1995) and the editor of The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader (Rutgers UP, 2003), Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth: A Casebook (OUP, 2003) and A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton (OUP, 2003).

• INTRODUCTION; INDEX

Singley's very timely and original re-reading of many classic texts proves once more that we students of the canon never exhaust it. Such rich books as The Scarlet Letter and Our Nig, Little Women, Summer, and others spring to new life under Singley's careful (and historically informed) analysis. An excellent addition to the burgeoning scholarship on childhood and American literature.

Carol J. Singley is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden. She is the author of Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit (Cambridge, 1995) and the editor of The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader (Rutgers UP, 2003), Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth: A Casebook (OUP, 2003) and A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton (OUP, 2003).

• INTRODUCTION; INDEX

Singley's very timely and original re-reading of many classic texts proves once more that we students of the canon never exhaust it. Such rich books as The Scarlet Letter and Our Nig, Little Women, Summer, and others spring to new life under Singley's careful (and historically informed) analysis. An excellent addition to the burgeoning scholarship on childhood and American literature.

Carol J. Singley is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden. She is the author of Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit (Cambridge, 1995) and the editor of The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader (Rutgers UP, 2003), Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth: A Casebook (OUP, 2003) and A Historical Guide to Edith Wharton (OUP, 2003).

• INTRODUCTION; INDEX

Singley's very timely and original re-reading of many classic texts proves once more that we students of the canon never exhaust it. Such rich books as The Scarlet Letter and Our Nig, Little Women, Summer, and others spring to new life under Singley's careful (and historically informed) analysis. An excellent addition to the burgeoning scholarship on childhood and American literature.