ENG 493L HENRY JAMES & EDITH WHARTON

An exploration of selected novels by America's greatest Gilded Age realists. The course considers the development of the international novel and the shift from the novel of manners to the interiorized novel of consciousness. Readings may include The Portrait of a Lady, What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove, The House of Mirth, and The Age of Innocence.