The Unpublished Writings of Edith Wharton

'these writings are presented in a practical two-volume resource which is a model of scholarly dexterity and critical sensitivity.' Times Literary Supplement 'Rattray provides a practical resource beyond the Wharton archives; argues that the unfinished manuscripts allow one to see Wharton's creative process, a "physical process" of cutting and pasting, as more "modernist" than one might expect of a writer critical of modernism; and exposes a revealing portrait of Wharton in a first printing of her memoir, Life and I. Introductions to each section are intriguing and convincing. Recommended.' CHOICE 'Rattray's meticulous scholarship and thoroughness is evident throughout' Edith Wharton Review 'a superb contribution to primary resources' American Literary Scholarship