The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton - Paperbackby Emily J. Orlando (Editor) Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton represents state of the art scholarship on the American writer Edith Wharton, once primarily known as a New York novelist. Focusing on Wharton's extensive body of work and renaissance across 21st century popular culture, chapters consider: Wharton in the context of queer studies, race studies, whiteness studies, age studies,