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Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
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Glaim, Marilyn S. "The Failure of Androgyny in Edith Wharton's Fiction," Washington State University, December 1991. Advisor: Diane Gillespie (2, 12, 22)
This dissertation examines several major novels of Edith Wharton in order to determine her attitude toward androgyny. Using historical and biographical materials as a means to understanding both male and female characters in the novels, this study argues that while Wharton herself successfully combined masculine and feminine traits, she saw that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century society punished individuals who crossed gender boundaries. Thus, though she experiments with a number of characters who challenge gender norms, none of her male or female characters succeed in developing androgynously. Her realism prevents her from allowing characters to develop androgynously in a society that demands gender separatism.
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