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This hook presents an in-depth analysis of Edith Wharton's progressive attitude to wards history with the focus on her challenges of the conventional values in the American so-ciety in the latter part of the 19th century.With the analysis of the six works,the author intends to show that Wharton has succeeded in instilling in the reader the notion that the disappearance of the old values is inevitable because they impede people's pursuit for happiness and social progress.
作者简介
薛小惠，陕西西安人，西安外国语大学英文学院副教授，硕士研究生导师，研究方向为美国小说。1993年7月毕业于西安外国语大学（原西安外国语学院）英语系，获英语语言文学学士学位；2000年7月毕业于西安外国语大学研究生部，获英美文学硕士学位；2006年7月毕业于北京外国语大学英语学院，获文学博士学位。 主要著作/成果有《<紫色>中的黑人女同性恋主义剖析》《谁是真正的受害者？——<瑞普·凡·温克尔>的女权主义解读》《<欢乐之家>中莉莉·巴特的崇高美》《海明威的<老人与海>的双重解读》 《浅析<苔丝>中的自然主义倾向》《哈姆雷特与俄狄浦斯情结》《民族灵魂的一面镜子——马克·吐温<哈克贝里·芬历险记>的主题赏析》《不同的出身，不同的现实主义——亨利·詹姆斯与威廉·豪威尔斯的对比》，以及《英语听力——听力巩固》（第四册）等10余篇（部）
目录
Introduction
Ⅰ. Edith Wharton's Life and Works
Ⅱ. Critical Reception of Edith Wharton
Ⅲ. Edith Wharton Rediscovered
Ⅳ. The Layout of the Book
Chapter One Challenging Traditional Religious Values
Ⅰ. Questioning Christian Values
1. The Prosaic and the Ideal
2. Railroads and Pilgrims
3. Lilies of Love
4. Salvifie Death
5. The Heart of Wisdom
Ⅱ. Transcending Calvinist Sensibilities
1. New England Revisited
2. Lost Eden
3. Inscrutable Powers
4. A Usable Past
Chapter Two Challenging Traditional Social Conventions
Ⅰ.Rejecting the Stagnant Social Conventions of Old New York
1. Puritan Hellenism
2. Higher Reality
3. Truth or Taste?
4. Arrested Ascent
Ⅱ. Subverting the Norm of Marriage
1. The Divorce Novel
2. Sweet Hotel
3. Turn West, Turn East
4. Becoming Town Talk
Chapter Three Challenging Traditional Patriarchal Values
Ⅰ. Subversively Conforming to the Law of the Father
1. Critical Background
2. The Resistance
3. The Subversive Conformation
4. The Significance of the Novel
Ⅱ. Seeking Feminine Powers
1. Seeking Sophia
2. Delicate Deceptions
3. Perilously Aground
4. Charting New Courses
Conclusion
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