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Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"
2012. urn:nbn:hr:142:213011
Marić, Ivana
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Marić, I. (2012). Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:213011

Marić, Ivana. "Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:213011

Marić, Ivana. "Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:213011

Marić, I. (2012). 'Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 17 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:213011

Marić I. Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2012 [cited 2024 November 17] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:213011

I. Marić, "Late Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2012. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:213011

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TitleLate Nineteenth-Century American Society as Reflected in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"
Title (croatian)Američko društvo s kraja devetnaestog stoljeća u romanu Edith Wharton "The House of Mirth"
AuthorIvana Marić
MentorSanja Runtić (mentor)
Committee memberBorislav Berić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberSanja Runtić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberJadranka Zlomislić (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2012-11-26, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton is a portrayal of the nineteenth-century New York upper class. This paper looks at the realization of Thorstein Veblen’s principle of “conspicuous consumption of time and substance” or “conspicuous waste” (Theory of the Leisure Class, 1899) in The House of Mirth. It describes the differences between the “old” and “new" rich and their respective customs and manners. The position of late nineteenth-century women is examined with respect to the domineering male establishment and the institution of marriage. The marital status of women in The House of Mirth also serves as a background for exploring gender issues and homosocial relations. The division between the leisure class and the working class is presented by contrasting the main character, Lily Bart, with Nettie Struther, a working girl. Whereas the characterization of Nettie Struther embodies Wharton’s concept of naturalism and the Darwinist theory of determinism, the figure of Simon Rosedale, a businessman of Jewish origin, brings up the issue of race and racial discrimination in aristocratic circles of late nineteenth-century New York.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:213011
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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