A New Man: Masculine Confusion and Struggle in the Works of Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton’s male characters offer an important commentary on the evolving situation of the man in American society. Wharton did not wish for women to usurp all social positions from men but rather to claim their rightful position alongside them. Characters such as Lawrence Selden in The House o...
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/32 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=theses |