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<DIV>VW ack’d on 18 Nov 1920 the receipt of a copy of “The Age of Innocence” in
an uncollected letter to Messrs Appleton & Co. (letter pub’d in the
“Virginia Woolf Bulletin” (Jan. 2011)). Stephen Barkway discusses VW’s
published comments on Wharton – and Wharton’s irritation – in his accompanying
note.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=jeannette_smyth@earthlink.net
href="mailto:jeannette_smyth@earthlink.net">Jeannette Smyth</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:51 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vwoolf@lists.osu.edu
href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vwoolf] New Yorker essay on VW and
Wharton</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>This
is very, very interesting, thank you for the heads up.
<DIV>I have read every word of the diaries and letters at least three times,
where VW's casual reading and influences are most frequently to be found. I
can’t remembering her mentioning Edith Wharton in any connection, and the author
here notes he cannot find any record of VW’s having read <I>Age of
Innocence.</I> </DIV>
<DIV>What interesting <I>ouevres </I>to compare, though. And how interesting
Woolf’s contention that Wharton was not a real American — only Walt Whitman, of
the fluid gender, was.</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you again.</DIV>
<DIV>Jeannette Smyth</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sep 23, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Emily Kopley <<A
href="mailto:emily.kopley@gmail.com">emily.kopley@gmail.com</A>>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi All,
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<DIV>This recent essay in <I>The</I> <I>New Yorker </I>makes a good case
for VW's thinking of <I>The Age of Innocence</I> as she composed Mrs. Ramsay's
death:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"><A
href="http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/virginia-woolfs-anxiety-influence">http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/virginia-woolfs-anxiety-influence</A></SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">Best,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">Emily</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>-- <BR>
<DIV dir=ltr>Dr. Emily Kopley<BR>Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow<BR>McGill
University, Department of
English<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>Vwoolf
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