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Mythology in Wharton

I'm a college student majoring in english and literature, and i work on "Mythology" in 3 novels of Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth and The Custom of the Country. If anyone knows of any articles or books that touch on this subject, please let me know. Thanks so much!

jmsg01@wanadoo.fr

Thanks for your help. 2/17/08

 

I am in search of a copy of Verses for a research paper for this semester. I have requested a copy via Inter-Library Loan, but have not had any luck from the 5 libraries that hold it s of yet, and starting to fear that won't happen. I know this is a rare text, but does anyone have other suggestions for me? Please email me at katythomaswilson@gmail.com. Thank you!

3/31/08

Sorry--Verses isn't easy to find, as you've discovered, and you've already tried the principal route for getting it. You might try another search in Worldcat:

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Here are some replies from an earlier query about it that may be helpful:

To E. Johansen:  I believe Verses, by Edith Wharton, is one of the rarest of all her books.  The Clifton Waller Barrett Library, Special Collection Department,  Alderman Library, the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, has a complete copy.  As you probably know, it was printed privately by Lucretia Jones in 1878.  The printer was C. E. Hammett, Jr., in Newport, R.I. The Newport Historical Society may also have a copy.  I would be interested to know what others you find.
                           All the best --
                                       Sarah Bird Wright 

If memory serves me correctly, about 10 years ago when I was writing my dissertation I was able to get a copy through inter-library loan.  I think it came from UVa.  Whoever it was sent a microfilm copy for me to keep--it's still on my shelf at home.  I see by checking the WorldCat database that several libraries around the country own it, either in hard copy or microfilm.  If you haven't already asked your inter-library loan librarian for help, that's where I'd go.  -- Anne Fields 
      10/27/99

Note: Edith Wharton's Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse, a volume of poems, is available in a reprint version from Classic Books. Also, many of Wharton's poems (but not Verses) are available on the Wharton's Works page at this site.  --D. Campbell 5/9/00

Please send comments and suggestions to D. Campbell.