Contexts constructs the historical foundation for this very historical novel.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included..
Criticism collects eleven American and British contemporary reviews and nine major essays on The Age of Innocence , including a groundbreaking piece on the two film adaptations of the novel.
Many documents are included on the New York Four Hundred, elite social gatherings, archery (the sport for upper-crust daughters), as well as Wharton\'s manuscript outlines, letters, and related writings.
Contexts constructs the historical foundation for this very historical novel