Archive: What's New at the Edith Wharton Society Site

  • The 2005 Edith Wharton Essay prize was awarded to Dr. Kate McLoughlin of Balliol College, Oxford, for her essay "Edith Wharton, War Correspondent.”

    The editors wish to thank the other participants in the contest and to say that they will be contacting some about publishing their essays in the Edith Wharton Review

    24 May. The conference schedule for the Celebrating the Centenary of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth is now available.
  • 23 May. Agenda for ALA Wharton Society business meeting.
  • 19 May. Announcement: Edith Wharton--A Self Portrait (Opera) in San Diego, June 12.
  • Updates to the Current Bibliography.
  • 18 May. Call for Edith Wharton Bibliography.
  • Updated information on ALA panels and business meeting.
  • 16 May. New Student Queries (Spanish translation of "Roman Fever") and new replies ("Les Metteurs en Scene")
  • 12 May. Site redesign. As you can see, the EWS site has been redesigned and the frames have been eliminated for easier access. Please let me know about any suggestions you have for the new design.
  • 5 April. New Student Queries
  • 29 March. New Student Queries
  • 27 March. New queries (Wharton's stories written in French)(Reply posted 3/28/05)
  • 22 March. New student queries (Ethan Frome and Freud's theory of repression; Spanish translation of "Roman Fever"?)
  • 16 March. Call for Nominations for the Edith Wharton Society Board. Nominations are due April 15. For more information, see the About the Society page, the nominations form, and the constitution.
  • 14 March. Wharton sessions and business meeting at ALA.
  • 12 March. New Student Queries.
  • Note: Deadline for proposals for MLA sessions on Edith Wharton is March 15.
  • 4 March. Announcement: Wharton DNA Surname Project seeks participation from members of the Philadelphia Wharton family.
  • 1 March. New reply to query about Wharton's "Hymn of the Lusitania."
  • 27 February. Registration form for "Celebrating the Centenary of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth" conference.
  • 23 February. New recommendations for fiction about Wharton. (This page also has a poll on Wharton's works.)
    16 February.     Conference Update: Call for selected papers from the House of Mirth Conference.
  • 27 January. Wharton materials part of recently acquired John Murray Archive (in Wharton in the News).
  • 24 January. Happy birthday to Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862).
  • 20 January. Table of Contents for the Fall 2004 issue of the Edith Wharton Review.
  • 19 January. New Student Queries (Who were Ellen Olenska's other aunts?); Hermione Lee on Edith Wharton in Wharton in the News.
  • 14 January. Accommodations information for the House of Mirth conference is now available.
  • Review of play based on House of Mirth in Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 9 January. Updates to the Current Bibliography.
  • 4 January. Call for papers for MLA 2005; results of elections for Executive Board members.
  • 1 January 2005. New query: resources for learning about Wharton's first editions? (Answer posted 1/4/05)
  • 30 December. Extended deadline date for ALA Edith Wharton panel.
  • 15 December. Innocents, a new stage adaptation of The House of Mirth, opens January 10 in New York.
    6 December.     New reply to question on "La Solitude"
  • 5 December. Link to a review of The Cruise of the Vanadis.
    • 29 November. Answers to query on Ethan Frome in French; announcement about Wharton books.
  • 22 November 2004. Edith Wharton Society Dinner at MLA (mail-in form; mail by Dec. 16).
  • 20 November. Edith Wharton Society Business Meeting at MLA.
  • 19 November. New Replies (1928 Age of Innocence play).
  • 16 November. New Queries.
  • 15 November. Wharton sessions at MLA 2004.
  • 13 November. New Queries.
  • 11 November. Was Annabel Balch (in Summer) pregnant?
  • 2 November. Updates to the comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources (1,361 entries) and new Queries (on The House of Mirth and Manon Lescaut)
  • 27 October. Wyndclyffe in "Edith Wharton in the News."
  • 23 October. New post on the dilapidated state of Wharton's grave (on Wharton News and Notes; post your comments directly to that page.)
  • 19 October. Call for Papers for ALA 2005.
  • 18 October. Haunted Masters, plays from adaptations of Wharton, James, and others, in Toronto.
  • 1 October. More Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 28 September. Wharton-L is temporarily off-line; to post messages, click here.
  • 12 September. New York Times article on Edith Wharton's New York homes (link in Edith Wharton in the News).
  • 9 September. Gardens of Wharton's house in Newport open this weekend (in Edith Wharton in the News).
  • 7 September. New replies to Queries and new Student Queries
  • 24 August. Updates to Edith Wharton in the News and new Queries ("Mrs. Mingott and Mrs. Welland: Mother/daughter or aunt/niece?") and Student Queries ("What makes Ethan Frome a classic?"
  • 6 August. Minutes (unofficial) from the ALA business meeting.
  • 4 August. More Edith Wharton in the News; new Student Queries.
  • 27 July. Performances of a dramatization of "The Letter," Wharton on reading, and The Age of Innocence as an inspiration for teen girls' books in Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 19 July. Updates to the Short Stories and Current Bibliography pages; Table of Contents for the Spring 2004 Edith Wharton Review.
  • 8 July. New Queries
  • 26 June. New Student Queries. .
  • 17 June. "Great Actors Read American Short Stories at The Mount, June 26 & 27.
  • 7 June. New Queries and Student Queries.
  • 26 May. Panel and Business Meeting information for ALA
  • 22 May. Announcement of a performance of "Lily Bart's Aria" in New York on May 25.
  • 15 May. New Student Queries and replies (on The Awakening, Richardson's Clarissa, The Age of Innocence, and French Ways and Their Meanings ).
  • 11 May. List of changes to the EWS constitution
  • 25 April. Updates to Edith Wharton in the News (Voice of America program on Wharton).
  • 24 April. Updates to Edith Wharton in the News (Which contemporary novelists don't much care for Wharton?) and the FAQ page (Wharton's favorites among her own books).
    • 9 April. Updates to the Queries and Student Queries pages.
  • 1 April. More Queries; updated deadline for Nominations to the EWS Executive Board.
  • 30 March. Updates to the Queries and Student Queries pages.
  • 13 March. Biographical information added to the Edith Wharton Chronology.
  • 4 March. Call for nominations for members of the Edith Wharton Society Executive Board.
  • 3 March. Updates to Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 26 February. Call for essays; new Student Queries.
  • 9 February. Updates to Edith Wharton in the News and new results from the poll on Wharton's works (go to the poll and click on View Results).
  • 1 February. New Queries and Student Queries.
  • 24 January. Happy Birthday to Edith Wharton! (1862-1937)
  • More information on the Wharton opera.
  • Constitution approved December 2003.
  • 20 January. New recommendations on fiction about Wharton and a poll about her works.
  • 16 January. Updates to Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 14 January 2004. Table of Contents for the Fall 2003 Edith Wharton Review.
  • 13 January 2004. Call for Papers for MLA 2004; minutes from the 2003 MLA business meeting.
  • 1 January 2004. Call for Papers for an EWS-sponsored conference on The House of Mirth.
  • 16 December. Quotations from criticism on "The Other Two" and "Roman Fever."
  • 12 December. Updates to the MLA Conference information, including contact information for the dinner.
  • 3 December. MLA Conference information, including business meetings and panels.
  • 23 November. Updates to the Comprehensive Bibliography (now with entries 1953-2003) and the Current Bibliography.
  • 8 November. New questions and answers on the Student Queries page.
  • 2 November. Updates to Queries and Student Queries about translations of Wharton's works.
  • 21 October. New Student Queries; updates to Edith Wharton in the News
  • 5 October. New Queries (Custom of the Country in French?)
  • 4 October. Extended Deadline for papers on "Edith Wharton and Philosophy" for the Edith Wharton Review
  • 18 September. Invitation to a Victorian High Tea with Edith Wharton: An Opera (Event at MLA 2003)
  • Comments on the performance as staged elsewhere.
  • 15 September. Updates to the Queries page.
  • Don't forget these Calls for Papers:
  • Call for papers: Contextual Companion for The Fruit of the Tree.
  • Call for papers for a special issue of the Edith Wharton Review dedicated to Scott Marshall.
  • Call for papers for a special issue of the Edith Wharton Review on Edith Wharton and Philosophy.
  • 18 August. Update to Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 5 August. Update to Edith Wharton in the News.
  • 31 July. Minutes from the ALA business meeting.
  • 11 July. Terence Davies, director of The House of Mirth, will speak at the Edith Wharton in London Conference at 7:30 p. m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2003.
    • 8 June. Call for papers: Contextual Companion for The Fruit of the Tree
  • 16 June. Conference Schedule for Edith Wharton in London (14-17 July 2003)
  • 12 May. Call for papers for a special issue of the Edith Wharton Review dedicated to Scott Marshall.
  • Table of Contents for the Spring 2003 Edith Wharton Review.
  • 27 April. Pencraig Cottage in Newport will be open for a decorator show house May 17-June 15.
  • 19 April. Updates to the Student Queries and Queries pages, including a new question about Wharton and women's colleges.
  • 8 April. Registration forms and housing information for the Edith Wharton in London conference are now posted.
  • 4 April. Reply to query about dogs.
  • 1 April. Call for manuscripts for a special issue of the Edith Wharton Review.
  • 10 March. New works have been added to the list of searchable works housed at the Wharton Society site.
  • 4 March. Updates to the Student Queries page.
  • 25 February. Additions to the "Edith Wharton in the News" page.
  • 21 February. Updates to the Student Queries 2001 page (on "Beatrice Palmato" and on Wharton's translation of Italian stories.)
  • 19 February. Updates to the Queries Page (on two versions of "The Other Two") and Student Queries page.
  • 8 January. Updates to the New Books and Articles page.
  • 7 January. New Table of Contents for the Edith Wharton Review.
  • 6 January. Call for Papers for MLA 2003.
  • 23 December.Final call for proposals for Edith Wharton in London. New deadline: January 10, 2002.
    • 24 December. MLA panels on Wharton and information on the business meeting.
  • 11 December. Updated links and information on the Bibliographies page.
  • 7 December. Updates to the Student Queries page.
  • 21 November.Dinner at MLA 2002 Reservation Form is now available.
  • 19 November
    • Additions to the Queries and Student Queries pages.
  • 4 August. Call for Papers for the "Edith Wharton in London: 2003" conference to be held next summer.
    • 22 October. Updates to the Summaries and Discussion Questions section.
  • 12 October. Keynote speaker for the Edith Wharton in London conference will be Hermione Lee, Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at Oxford and the author of a new biography of Edith Wharton.
  • 3 October. Call for Papers for ALA 2003.
  • 20 September. New Feature: Edith Wharton Quotations. Add your own favorite quotations by or about Edith Wharton, or contribute "sightings" of Edith Wharton in the news.
  • 17 September. Minutes from the ALA 2002 meeting.
  • 4 September. Updates to the Queries and Student Queries pages.
    • 15 July.New answers to posts about The Age of Innocence on the Queries 2001 page
  • 9 July.Table of Contents for the Spring 2002 Edith Wharton Review. (Note: This issue includes a membership renewal form.)
  • 8 July.New posts to the Queries page.
  • June 24 Changes to the Gonzaga University main web server have disrupted several links and images at this site. These will be restored as soon as possible.
  • June 7.Additions to the New Books and Articles page
  • Additions to the New Editions page
  • New Queries and Student Queries
  • May 17.Additions to the Summaries and Discussion Questions
  • May 16.Production of Edith Wharton's Valley of Decision in Lenox, Massachusetts
  • April 24.Information on Panels for ALA 2002.
  • April 13.New Books, Articles, and Dissertations on Wharton.
  • April 9.New Queries and Student Queries.
  • March 14.Update to Call for Papers for MLA 2002: New Deadline for "Edith Wharton and New York" panel.
  • March 11.Update to Call for Papers for MLA 2002: New Deadline for "Edith Wharton and Philosophy" panel.
  • March 6.Announcement: Exhibition at the Louvre. A painting bequeathed to the Louvre by Edith Wharton is now on exhibition.
  • April 9.New Queries and Student Queries.
  • March 14.Update to Call for Papers for MLA 2002: New Deadline for "Edith Wharton and New York" panel.
  • March 11.Update to Call for Papers for MLA 2002: New Deadline for "Edith Wharton and Philosophy" panel.
  • March 6.Announcement: Exhibition at the Louvre. A painting bequeathed to the Louvre by Edith Wharton is now on exhibition.
  • February 18.Call for Papers for MLA 2002
  • February 3. Updates to the Conference Information pages and Queries pages.
  • January 8. Minutes for MLA Business Meeting
  • December 27. Table of Contents for the Fall 2001 Edith Wharton Review
  • December 26. New Queries and Student Queries
  • December 5. Mail-in form for EWS dinner at MLA
  • November 21. Information on Edith Wharton Society business meeting at MLA
  • October 28. Information on MLA Wharton sessions
  • October 24. New Call for Papers for ALA 2002
  • October 19. Additions to the New Articles and Dissertations page, the New Books page, and the Table of Contents for the Edith Wharton Review page.
  • October 28. Information on MLA Wharton sessions
  • October 24. New Call for Papers for ALA 2002
  • October 19. Additions to the New Articles and Dissertations page, the New Books page, and the Table of Contents for the Edith Wharton Review page.
  • October 7. Additions to the Queries and Student Queries pages
  • New link to a site discussing The Mount is available on the Links to Sites page.
  • October 2. Call for Submissions: Wharton and Material Culture
  • September 20. Additions to the Queries and Student Queries pages
  • September 4. A parody of Edith Wharton's work from Donald Ogden Stewart's Parody Outline of History (1921) October 7. Additions to the Queries and Student Queries pages
  • New link to a site discussing The Mount is available on the Links to Sites page.
  • October 2. Call for Submissions: Wharton and Material Culture
  • September 20. Additions to the Queries and Student Queries pages

    • September 4. A parody of Edith Wharton's work from Donald Ogden Stewart's Parody Outline of History (1921)
    16 July. Updates to the Student Queries and Queries pages
    26 June. Information on Americans in Paris: Paris in Americans conference.
    31 May.  Minutes from EWS business meetings.
    May 1. Constitution of the Edith Wharton Society
    May 1. Updates to the Student Queries and Queries pages
     
    4/18/01 Summaries and Discussion Questions for Wharton's Major Texts are now available at the Wharton Society site.
    April 16. Conference panel information for MLA.
    4/16/01  Call for papers for CNYPLL
    4/12/01 New individual bibliographies of Edith Wharton's works.
    3/20/01 Information on an Edith Wharton tour in Italy.
    3/1/01 New Frequently Asked Questions page.
    1/06/01 Minutes from the Business Meeting.
    27 November.  Information on the EWS dinner at MLA and a Mail-in Reservations form.

    Tickets for New York premiere of The House of Mirth on November 29 available at a special price for EWS members.

    4 November.  Information on MLA Panels and Business Meeting. Additions to the StudentQueries page.
    18 October 2000.  New call for papers: ALA 2001; new queries on the Student Queries  page.
    4 October 2000.  Bibliographic suggestions for students studying "Roman Fever" and "The Other Two" on the Student Queries page.
    26 September.

  • New calls for papers.
  • Updates to the New Books page.
  • New materials on the "Members' Publications" pages.
  • Biographical sketch of Edith Wharton by Abby Werlock.
    • August 10. Additions to the Student Queries page.
    July.  Announcement about a proposed Edith Wharton Park.
    Updates to "New Articles on Edith Wharton"
    A new feature, "Members' Publications," provides space for EWS members to list their publications on the EWS site.
    Expanded section and many new additions to the collection of Edith Wharton's poetry online.

    16 June. A & E Book Club.com will sponsor a group reading of The Age of Innocence beginning July 15.  For details and a link to the site, go to the Teaching and Discussing Wharton page.

    • New links to page images of  Wharton's works in Scribner's and other publications are now on the Wharton's Works page.
    20 May 2000. A new Call for Papers has been posted to that page; link to information on the film version of The House of Mirth is now available on the Wharton Filmography page.
    14 May.  The Conference Program for the Edith Wharton at Newport: 2000 conference is now available.
    9 May A new Student Queries page has been added to the site.  Its purpose is to aid students writing papers on Edith Wharton.
    11 March 2000. Conference information and registration forms for the Edith Wharton at Newport: 2000 Conference
    24 February 2000. Call for Papers for MLA 2000.
    12 February 2000.  New queries and replies posted; contact information for Edith Wharton at Newport Conference.
    11 January 2000. A new
    Search This Site
    feature looks only at the Wharton Society site and searches all the texts available here as well.
    9 January 2000. Contemporary reviews of Edith Wharton's works available online at the University of Virginia E-text Center.
    4 January 2000. A Wharton filmography.
    3 January 2000. Table of Contents for Fall 1999 Edith Wharton Review; updated EWR indexes and New Books page; new additions to the New Articles and Dissertations on Edith Wharton page.

    November 9, 1999. New deadline (November 22 instead of 15, 1999) for proposals for ALA sessions.

    September 18, 1999.  New Call for Papers for ALA 1999: "Edith Wharton and Orality"; updates to "Edith Wharton Bibliography."
    September 13, 1999. The WHARTON-L list is now archived automatically. This means that it is easy to follow a particular thread or to look up a particular message.  The archive is located at http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~lists/wharton-l/index.html
    September 9, 1999. Several new questions and answers have been posted to the Queries page.
    September 5, 1999.  New, easier-to-remember address for the Wharton Society Page: http://www.gonzaga.edu/wharton (The old address will still work, too.)

    August 5, 1999. Call for papers: "Edith Wharton and Education" at ALA 2000.

    July 26, 1999. A form for Queries about Wharton and a space for replies.
    Forum for exchanging ideas and calls for proposals  for Edith Wharton at Newport: 2000
    July 25, 1999. Discussion questions on Summer by Wharton-L contributors.
    Updated archives for Wharton-L.

    June 20, 1999. List of papers on the program for MLA 1999; list of new articles and dissertations on Wharton.
    June 15, 1999. Updated links and expanded descriptions for the Wharton's Works Online page.
    June 14, 1999. Call for Papers for NEMLA 2000.
    June 1, 1999. Table of Contents for the Spring 1999 Edith Wharton Review.

    May 31. 1999. Beyond! A Guide to Life in Wharton's Day, a new site by Augusta Rorhbach's students at Oberlin College, will be a permanent link from the Teaching Resources and Links pages.
    May 20, 1999. Wharton Society Business Meeting at ALA.
    May 3, 1999.  Call for nominations for the Association for Documentary Editing's Boydston Prize.

    April 20, 1999. Call for Papers for Edith Wharton at Newport: 2000.
    April 16, 1999. Bibliography of Recommended Works by Wharton-L and Wharton Society members.
    April 1, 1999. New information about the ALA and NEMLA conferences (including session times and sites) added to the Conference page.

    March 15, 1999.  A list of new books on Wharton added to the Announcements page.
    March 11, 1999. Biographical sketches and other new links to external pages added to the Links to Sites page.
    March 10, 1999. Teaching Wharton links page added.