Edith Wharton Session at MLA in San Francisco: January 8, 2023, 10:15 a.m.

Edith Wharton and History
January 8, 2023, 10:15 a.m.

Moscone West 3010

Chair: Myrto Drizou, Bogaziçi U

1. “‘Murmurs of the Saxon Urwald’: Edith Wharton’s Origin Stories of the United States”
   Frederick Wegener, California State University, Long Beach
2. “Edith Wharton’s Dealings with the Silent Past”
   Isabelle Parsons, Open U
3. “Wharton’s Survivals: ‘The Duchess at Prayer,’ ‘The House of the Dead Hand,’ and Art History Gothic”
   Allison Neal, Trinity C, U of Cambridge
4. “Wharton’s Histories of Crime: Lizzie Borden, the Praslin Case, and the Psychology of Murder”
   Donna M. Campbell, Washington State U