Edith Wharton and Genre

Laura Rattray is Reader in American Literature at the University of Glasgow,Scotland, and Director of its Centre for American Studies. Her work on Whartonincludes, as editor, Edith Wharton in Context (2012), The Unpublished Writings ofEdith Wharton (2009), Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country (2010), Summer(2015) and, with Jennifer Haytock, The New Edith Wharton Studies (2019).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Edith Wharton as Poet.- 3. Playwriting.- 4. Travel Writings.- 5. Architecture and Design.- 6. Critical Writings and Literary Theory.- 7. Life Writings.- 8. Afterword.

“Laura Rattray expands our visions of Edith Wharton and, in doing so, makes Wharton’s life and authorship far more representative of women’s experience than previously understood. Edith Wharton and Genre is indispensable reading not only for Wharton scholars but also all those interested in women’s writing across genre.” (Myrto Drizou, Women's Studies, February 1, 2021)