Edith Wharton and the New Woman 

Bendixen, Alfred, and Annette Zilversmit, eds.  Edith Wharton:  New Critical Essays.  NY:  Garland, 1992. 

Benstock, Shari.  No Gifts From Chance:  A Biography of Edith Wharton.  NY:  Scribner's, 1994. 

Dixon, Roslyn.  "Reflecting Vision in The House of Mirth."  Twentieth Century Literature 33 (Summer 1987):  211-22. 

Montgomery, Maureen E.  Displaying Women:  Spectacles of Leisure in Edith Wharton's New York.  NY:  Routledge, 1998.  

Showalter, Elaine.  "The Death of the Lady (Novelist):  Wharton's House of Mirth.  Edith Wharton:  New Critical Essays.  Ed. Alfred Bendixen and Annette Zilversmit.  NY:  Garland, 1992.   3-26 

Wright, Sarah Bird.  Edith Wharton A to Z:  The Essential Guide to the Life and Work.  NY:  Facts on File, Inc., 1998. 

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