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Edith Wharton Documentary
The world is a welter and has always been one; but...here and there
a saint or a genius suddenly sends a little ray through the fog,
and helps humanity to stumble on, and perhaps up. — Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a best-selling author and the first woman to receive
the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. At the turn of the twentieth century,
when opportunities for women were few, Edith Wharton published
under her own name to financial success and critical acclaim.

Cultural Studios is in the development phase of a documentary project
about the life and work of Edith Wharton, the writer who chronicled
America's Gilded Age and the dawn of the modern era. The film
will draw on Edith Wharton's autobiography, letters, fiction, and nonfiction
to give Wharton a narrative voice through which to tell her own life story.

For details, see the Edith Wharton Documentary Web site.

The Gilded Age Webzine
Cultural Studios is developing a Webzine about America's Gilded Age.
The Webzine will include articles from some of the best history writers,
plus news and educational resources. Expected launch date: fall 2008.

Norton American History Digital Archive
Cultural Studios researched and compiled public domain material
for a six-DVD collection of historical images, audio files, and newsreels
for college professors of American history.

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, the American History Digital Archive
features primary sources supporting topical teaching themes such as
business and labor, culture and society, immigration, and more.

For details, visit the American History Digital Archive page at W.W. Norton.

This volume will be one that college instructors all over the country
will want on their shelves and beside their computers—in the office
and the classroom.

VP, Norton New Media