A selective list of open access articles on Edith Wharton, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites
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Balestra, Gianfranca. On Wharton's ambivalent feelings about the reading public and the market economy for literary work "'For the use of the magazine morons': Edith Wharton rewrites the tale of the fantastic," Studies in Short Fiction, Wntr
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen. From The Children to The Marriage Playground and back again: Filmic readings of Edith Wharton," Literature/Film Quarterly, 1999
Foata, Anne. A scholarly article on the French curate who was a lifelong friend of Wharton, Abbe Mugnier and his diary. "Edith Wharton and the Faubourg Saint-Germain: the diary of the Abbe Mugnier," Twentieth Century Literature, Winter, 1997
Gerard, Bonnie Lynn. "From tea to chloral: raising the dead Lily Bart- character in woman author Edith Wharton's book 'The House of Mirth'" Twentieth Century Literature, Winter, 1998
Grafton, Kathy. Article contends that Wharton's portrayal of the heroine's sexual awakening in Summer demonstrates an awareness of Freud "Degradation and forbidden love in Edith Wharton's 'Summer.'" Twentieth Century Literature, Winter, 1995
Hale, Judy. "Edith Wharton's ghost story 'Pomegranate Seed' reflects her view that women authors must not subjugate their writing to male standards" in "The repudiation of sisterhood in Edith Wharton's 'Pomegranate Seed.'" Studies in Short Fiction, Wntr, 1996
Inness, Sherrie A. On the importance of the indoors for Wharton as illustrated by her attention to domestic servants, in Edith Wharton's short stories. "Loyal saints or devious rascals": domestic servants in Edith Wharton's stories "The Lady's Maid's Bell" and "All Souls'" Studies in Short Fiction, Fall, 1999
Jacobsen, Karen J. "Economic hauntings: wealth and class in Edith Wharton's ghost stories." College Literature, 01-JAN-08
MacNaughton, William R "The artist as moralist: Edith Wharton's revisions to the Last Chapter of The Custom of the Country," Papers on Language and Literature, Winter 2001
Menon, Pat. Article discusses Wharton's use of her personal experience in The Reef, "One way of understanding The Reef, then, is as the distillation of the personal into the impersonal-by removing the more melodramatic aspects of her own affair while retaining the emotional climate of betrayal, Wharton was able to go beyond the exploration of problems of sexual unfaithfulness to the difficulty of harmonising two contrasted approaches to life, approaches that may be loosely designated the "pragmatic" and the "idealist." "'Beings of Different Language': Pragmatist meets Idealist in Edith Wharton's The Reef." The New Compass: A Critical Review 2 (December 2003) Also Emsley, Sarah. "Sexual Purity and Relentless Indecision in Wharton's The Reef: A Reply to Pat Menon." The New Compass: A Critical Review 3 (June 2004)
Pizer, Donald. "The naturalism of Edith Wharton's 'House of Mirth.'" Twentieth Century Literature, Summer, 1995
Preston, Claire. An introduction to Edith Wharton by professor Claire Preston, from the Literary Encyclopedia
Salas, Angela M. Article defends Wharton's novella Sanctuary "Ghostly presences: Edith Wharton's Sanctuary and the issue of maternal sacrifice," College Literature, Spring 1998
Singley, Carol J. On the influence of Ernest Renan on Wharton's skepticism and her thoughts about her expatriation, "Race, culture, nation: Edith Wharton and Ernest Renan," Twentieth Century Literature, Spring, 2003
Schwarztrauber, Helmut. "A writer is dependent on his milieu: The Romancer Disinherited, Or: The Subversive Muse - E. Wharton's 'Souls Belated' (1899)," in EESE 8/2003
Totten, Gary The art and architecture of the self: Designing the "I"-witness in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, College Literature, Fall 2000
White, Barbara A. A review of Wharton's New England: Seven Stories and Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, edited by Barbara A. White. (Univ. Press of New England, 1995) Studies in Short Fiction, Spring, 1996 by Joseph Griffin
A brief biography of Edith Wharton from the Books and Writers web site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland
The Edith Wharton Society web site maintains an active listing of news and activities related to Edith Wharton and a filmography for her
A Teacher's Guide to Edith Wharton from Heath
Teaching resources for Edith Wharton from C-Span from their 2001 American Writers series
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wharton/romanfever.htm Summaries of five recent critical responses to Wharton's "Roman Fever" provide an overview of contemporary critical perspectives. From Gonzaga Univ. professor Donna Campbell.
http://www.edithwharton.org The web site for Wharton's home in Lenox, Mass., The Mount, which is now a museum, contains some biographical material and pictures
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/wharton/whar3.htm An exhibit of paintings related to Wharton, "Edith Wharton's World," from the Smithsonian
An article in the Atlantic Monthly Online describes the poetry and short stories by Wharton published there, with links to the original pieces. July 25, 2001 (Removed)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/search?qt=edith+wharton&qf=free&tb=art A review of Displaying Women: Spectacles of Leisure in Edith Wharton's New York, by Maureen E. Montgomery (New York: Routledge, 1998.) Journal of Social History, 12/22/99 by Loretta Sullivan Lobes
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n18_v40/ai_6636664 A review of The Letters of Edith Wharton, National Review, 9/16/88 by Charles Nicol
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2278/is_2_23/ai_54543117 A review of Edith Wharton's Brave New Politics. By Dale M. Bauer. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. MELUS, Summer, 1998 by Jacquelyn Scott Lynch
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n5_v13/ai_19092308 A review of a new publication of Wharton's essays and literary criticism, Edith Wharton: The Uncollected Critical Writings. Insight on the News, Feb 10, 1997 by James W. Tuttleton
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2242/is_n1580_v271/ai_20236239 Review of a book that sheds new light on Wharton's personality, about her passionate efforts to persuade America to fight in WWI. The End of the Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton and the First World War. Contemporary Review, Sept, 1997 by Joan Bridgman
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n20_v45/ai_14752516 "How does an action director handle an inaction movie?" A review of the Martin Scorsese film of The Age of Innocence, National Review, Oct 18, 1993 by John Simon
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