Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors Edith Wharton and Material Culture

In Edith Wharton's works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art and objects are for Wharton evidence of cultural belief and reflect the values, assumptions, and customs of the burgeoning consumer culture in which she lived and about which she wrote. Furthermore, her meditations about issues of architecture, design, and decoration serve as important commentaries on her vision of the literary arts. Book jacket.Totten, Gary is the author of 'Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors Edith Wharton and Material Culture', published 2007 under ISBN 9780817354190 and ISBN 0817354190.