Age of Innocence Criticism Flashcards
1
Q
Which is the post-war isolationism critic?
A
Hermione Lee
2
Q
How does Griffin Wolff talk about Newland’s nature?
A
It had been formed and nourished within the narrow confinements of the very world against whose structure he frets
3
Q
According to Griffin, how is Newland limited?
A
By the kind of person that he is
4
Q
How does Auchincloss describe Newland?
A
he may be the best of his world, but the best is none to good
5
Q
Which critic talks abbot the American girl?
A
Ammons
6
Q
What does Ammons say about the American girl?
A
Wharton seems to say that the American girl is a pernicious ideal
7
Q
What does Beetz say?
A
Wharton exposes the limitations and the cultural ignorance of what is essentially a provincial world
