Gender Space in The House of Mirth

DOI

10.2991/iccese-18.2018.132How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Wharton; The House of Mirth; space

Abstract

Edith Wharton is one of the most influential novelists at the turn of the twentieth century in America. In 1905, with the publication of The House of Mirth, it aroused the attention of critics and caused much controversy. As a sensitive female writer, Wharton observed that the differences of space in the transitional period. This paper intends to explore the male and female space in Wharton’s novel by doing a detailed analysis. It can be found that Wharton reveals the differences and inequalities of male and female space, and demonstrates the social oppression of female space.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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