Spiritual Practitioners, Storytelling Markets, and the Economics of Consolation in Wharton's Postwar Fiction

In this article, I look at how a particular type of fictional character that I refer to as a spiritual practitioner—a woman who presents herself as medium, clairvoyant, or spiritual guide and earns a living through that role—makes its way into Edith Wharton's postwar writing. In the first secti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Edith Wharton Review. in. - The Edith Wharton Society, 1990. - 34(2018), 1, Seite 13-32
1. Verfasser: Toth, Margaret A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Edith Wharton Review. in
Schlagworte:spirituality economics the occult A Son at the Front Hudson River Bracketed "The Looking Glass" Behavioral sciences Arts Philosophy Social sciences mehr... Political science Business