Edith Wharton

The American Literary Regionalist movement, or more simply the Regionalist movement, was a literary movement in the mid-to-late 19th century characterized by placing a strong importance on setting, the remoteness of nature, and the danger of industrialization. Female regionalists specifically often had lead female characters who were young or unmarried, with male characters who disrupted their life and serenity (Campbell). These women were often used as a representation for nature or a…

the perception of Sappho as a “single woman who becomes tainted by sexual scandal and thus read by others as a prostitute” (Kristen Brooks, New Women, Fallen Women: The Crisis of Reputation in Turn-of the-Century Novels by Pauline Hopkins and Edith Wharton, 91). However by invoking the Virgin Mary archetype, Hopkins is challenging the condemnation and stigmatization of women following rape, as well as the female virtue and capacity of African American women to experience…

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to define and explore the socioeconomic changes of Roaring 20s, and reveal its prevalence in modern day America. In order to better comprehend the topic discussed, the analysis will divided into five subsections of study: 1) The New World of the 1920s and the Government System, 2) The Affection of economic to Urbanization and City Life, 3) How the Harlem Renaissance affected racial tension in America, 4) The Party Atmosphere during the 1920s, and 5) The…