Wharton the 'Renovator': Twilight Sleep as Gothic Satire

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-192
Author(s):  
Janet Beer ◽  
Avril Horner
Keyword(s):  
Twilight Sleep

Orientalism, Modernism, and Gender in Edith Wharton’s Late Novels

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Toth
Keyword(s):  
Edith Wharton ◽  
Hudson River ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Global Citizen ◽  
Racial Discourse ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Late Works ◽  
Twilight Sleep

Given the excellent scholarship on Edith Wharton and race appearing in the last two decades, surprisingly little critical attention has been given to a racial discourse that pervades much of Wharton’s writing: Orientalism. This essay demonstrates that Orientalism informs several of Wharton’s novels and, in the case of late works like Twilight Sleep, The Glimpses of the Moon, Hudson River Bracketed, and The Gods Arrive, shapes them in fundamental and complex—if sometimes inconsistent—ways. Specifically, Wharton uses references to Orientalism as a vehicle through which to identify and critique various ills she perceives in modernist social and aesthetic trends. Attending to Wharton’s engagement with Orientalism, then, opens up new interpretations of her late works, particularly with respect to race, gender, and modernism. Moreover, understanding Wharton’s Orientalism allows us to situate her as a global citizen and grapple with the imperialist views subtending her fiction.

scholarly journals JUSTIFIABLE F$OElig;TICIDE AND TWILIGHT SLEEP.

The Lancet ◽  
1922 ◽  
Vol 200 (5181) ◽  
pp. 1303-1304
Author(s):  
C HORWITZ
Keyword(s):  
Twilight Sleep

scholarly journals THE MORPHINE-HYOSCINE METHOD OF PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH: OR SO-CALLED "TWILIGHT SLEEP."

BMJ ◽  
1916 ◽  
Vol 2 (2911) ◽  
pp. 513-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. N. Haultain ◽  
B. H. Swift
Keyword(s):  
Twilight Sleep

scholarly journals Twilight sleep after infarction.

BMJ ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (5772) ◽  
pp. 475-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
I T Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Twilight Sleep

High-Society Framing:The Brooklyn Eagleand the Popularity of Twilight Sleep in Brooklyn

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany Johnson ◽  
Margaret M. Quinlan
Keyword(s):  
Twilight Sleep

scholarly journals TWILIGHT SLEEP: NOTES ON 75 CASES.

The Lancet ◽  
1922 ◽  
Vol 199 (5140) ◽  
pp. 428-429
Author(s):  
H.M. Gerson
Keyword(s):  
Twilight Sleep
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