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Threadbare Madonnas and Red Eyed Extortionists: The Portrayal of Working Class Women in Wharton's The House of Mirth

Panel: 
American Literature after 1865 I: 1865-1945
Abstract: 

This paper examines Lily Bart's predatory gaze at working class women and argues that the novel offers only a desperate fecundity or violent greed as strategies for working class women to survive.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Heather
Last Name: 
Levy
Institution: 
Western Connecticut State University