House of Mirth mock critics

Question 1

idea of society as performative

Answer 1

Amy Kaplan

‘progressive theatricalization of Social interactions’

Question 2

Gus Trenor

Answer 2

Wai Chee Dimock

his ‘demands are steeped in- and legitimised by- the language of the marketplace

Question 3

money as power

Answer 3

Wai Chee Dimock

‘power resides in the ability to define the terms of exchange’

Question 4

Netty as outside the financial world/ a bit 2D

Answer 4

Wai Chee Dimock

she ‘must be abstracted from the all-contaminating exchange system’

Question 5

Rosedale’s role

Answer 5

Elizabeth Ammons

‘ to set of their sweatless pale perfection’

Question 6

Tableaux vivants and the idea of The real Lily

Answer 6

Michael Gorra

‘the moment at which she is most herself is also the one in which she most becomes a thing’

Question 7

what Wharton calls Selden

Answer 7

negative hero

Question 8

contemporary perspective on marriage

Answer 8

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

‘It is what she is born for, what she is trained for, what she is exhibited for’

Question 9

alternate titles for the House of Mirth

x2

Answer 9

A Moment’s Ornament

The Year of The Rose

Question 10

full proverb

Answer 10

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth