Edith Wharton Matters of Mind and Spirit

"...focuses on her religious and philosophical development, and its impact on her fiction..Singley's interpretation of Wharton's intellectual development is demonstrably well researched and argued, and her reading of some of the short fiction useful and enlightening...At times her interpretations seem forced, as though a few random images or allusions are being transformed into a full-scale thematic paradigm...Repeatedly we find Singley formulating her arguments out of the most tenuous threads of evidence...[Still]. Singley capably demonstrates Wharton's relationship to many of the prevailing intellectual and religious currents of her day."Singley, Carol J. is the author of 'Edith Wharton Matters of Mind and Spirit' with ISBN 9780521472357 and ISBN 0521472350.