The Age of Innocence | Suggested Reading

Here are some suggested reading materials and online resources to help you get a better understanding of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. In addition, we've listed some articles and other books that are similar to The Age of Innocence that you may enjoy.

Reading Materials

Eby, Clare V. "Silencing Women in Edith Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence.'" Colby Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 2, 1992, pp. 93–104.

Elaman-Garner, Sevinc. "Contradictory Depictions of the New Woman: Reading Edith Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence' as a Dialogic Novel." European Journal of American Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, 2016.

Killoran, Helen, and Alan Price. "The End of the Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton and the First World War." American Literature, vol. 69, no. 1, 1997.

Tuttleton, James W. Edith Wharton: The Contemporary Reviews. Cambridge UP, 2010.

Waid, Candace, and Clare Colquitt. "Toward a Modernist Aesthetic: The Literary Legacy of Edith Wharton." A Companion to American Fiction 1865–1914, edited by Robert Paul Lamb and G.R. Thompson, Blackwell, 2005.

Wharton, Edith, and Candace Waid. The Age of Innocence: Authoritative Text, Background and Context, Sources, Criticism. Norton, 2003.

Course Hero. "The Age of Innocence Infographic." Course Hero. 2 Oct. 2017. Web. 30 Nov. 2022. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Age-of-Innocence/infographic/>.