Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism

Exploring Edith Wharton's engagement with global issues in her life and writingHailed for her remarkable social and psychological insights into the Gilded Age lives of privileged Americans, Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, was a transnational author who attempted to understand and appreciate the culture, history, and artifacts of the regions she encountered in her extensive ...