SOURCE: Dixon, Roslyn. “Reflecting Vision in The House of Mirth.” Twentieth Century Literature 33, no. 2 (summer 1987): 211-22.
In the following essay, Dixon discusses how Wharton's use of “contrasting angles of vision” as a literary technique reflects her ideological perspective concerning the role of the individual within society, and uses this technique to evaluate the underlying ethical and social framework of American society in her novel The House of Mirth.
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