Roman Fever | A Twist of Crimson Silk: Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
In the following essay, the author explores the significance of knitting in ‘‘Roman Fever."
Probably Edith Wharton's best-known short story is ‘‘Roman Fever,’’ the product of a 1934 trip to Rome, and the most enduring tale from her uneven late collection entitled The World Over (1936). It is curious that so widely-anthologized a work has generated such a paucity of critical interest, and even more curious that the few appraisals which it has received have been so tepid: Geoffrey Walton, for example, simply dismisses it as ‘‘a very light little comedy that can be taken as a kind of farewell skit on the decorum of the great days.’’ More appreciative are...
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