The Correspondence of Edith Wharton and Macmillan, 1901-1930

This book publishes, for the first time, some 400 letters between Edith Wharton and her chief London publisher, Macmillan.

The correspondence highlights Wharton's well-developed understanding of the 'sociology of text' in the early twentieth century, casting new light on Wharton's working practices which will be of crucial importance for scholars.

Author: Shafquat Towheed
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 279
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.73h x 5.84w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780230008434

About the Author
SHAFQUAT TOWHEED is Lecturer in Literature at the Open University, UK. He is co-editor (with Mary Hammond) of Publishing in the First World War: Essays in Book History (2007). He is currently writing a study of international copyright law and literature, and a monograph on Vernon Lee.