Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
English
Date of Award
8-2003
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Theresa A. Lloyd
Committee Members
Mark Holland, Thomas A. Holmes
Abstract
By focusing on the status and state of women as represented in selected supernatural fiction by Edith Wharton, we explore the socio-gender relationships, as well as the gender roles of women in general as they existed in the early part of the twentieth century. These associations are discussed, as is the influence Henry James may have had on Wharton’s writing style within the genre of the ghostly tale.
The conclusions made within this study lead the reader of the tales to believe that Wharton expressed different feminist perspectives based on how she was developing as a person and as a writer.
The resources and scholarship that are strictly allocated to Wharton’s ghost stories are not as vast as they may be for her other fiction; however, more attention is being given to these supernatural works, and this study reiterates the literature’s scholarly importance.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Stansberry, Tonya Faye, "Imprisoned and Empowered: The Women of Edith Wharton's Supernatural Fiction." (2003). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 792. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/792
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.