Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2018)

Gender Space in The House of Mirth

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Tingting Xie
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Tingting Xie
Available Online March 2018.
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-495-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccese-18.2018.132How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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