A Son at the Front by Edith Wharton. To the American reading public, A Son at the Front was a resounding failure. Published after the war had ended and popular figures were. A Son at the Front is also a fascinating portrayal of Americans in France during WWI. Edith Wharton lived in France was very active in refugee. In Edith Wharton's saga, A Son at the Front, we share the character's anguish as thousands of young men are sacrificed to the insatiable appetite of the war. The lessons are as relevant today as they were almost years ago. This recording includes, as afterword, an essay by war scholar Peter Buitenhuis, Edith Wharton and the First World War. · A Son at the Front is not the usual expectation of an Edith Wharton novel although it is an examination of society. In this case, it takes a close look at all the people who are left behind especially the parents who are now paying for the war and its ideals in /5.
"A Son at the Front," a novel by Edith Wharton, has been republished with an introduction by Shari Benstock. Benstock notes that the novel was serialized from to and that an edition was published by Charles Scribner's Sons in The novel tells the story of John Campton, an American portrait painter who lives in France. A Son at the Front is also a fascinating portrayal of Americans in France during WWI. Edith Wharton lived in France was very active in refugee charities during the War. There are the young hot-headed men who are desperate to fight are ashamed by America's neutrality. There are the rich, idle society women who put on charity galas to raise. Instead of being a story of a soldier son at the front, it tells the story of his family in Paris. Wharton brings together the struggle of divorced parents, the impact of the war on daily life, and in the forefront a father coming to terms with his son's decisions and his own art.
Instead of being a story of a soldier son at the front, it tells the story of his family in Paris. Wharton brings together the struggle of divorced parents, the impact of the war on daily life, and in the forefront a father coming to terms with his son's decisions and his own art. A Son at the Front. Edith Wharton, Author Northern Illinois University Press $38 (p) ISBN Tweet. More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Best of Women’s Short Stories. In Edith Wharton's saga, A Son at the Front, we share the character's anguish as thousands of young men are sacrificed to the insatiable appetite of the war. The lessons are as relevant today as they were almost years ago. This recording includes, as afterword, an essay by war scholar Peter Buitenhuis, Edith Wharton and the First World War.
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