Edith Wharton's Dialogue with Realism and Sentimental Fiction Katy Granville-Chapman and learning fast

and learning fast

In Darfur is al-Tunisi's remarkable account of his ten-year sojourn in this independent state

Clyde Kennard was robbed of his ambitions and ultimately his life

they have always been presented out of context

across wide rivers and through remote bushland

Edith Wharton's Dialogue with Realism and Sentimental Fiction Katy Granville-Chapman and learning fastArguing against the prevailing view of Edith Wharton as a realist writer, Hildegard Hoeller finds the real Wharton in the writer's sentimental voice and in her critique of realism. She demonstrates that the American writer created a dialogue between the two literary traditions.