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work_abzgtnz5pnhhdli33i2hxtormu	ALAN ACKERMAN	Edith Wharton's Resource Aesthetics and the Dawn of the American Energy Crisis	2018.0	28	.pdf	application/pdf	13903	939	61	Wharton's allegorical treatment of Lily Bart and Undine Spragg anticipates the notion of externalities or consequences of industrial activities that affect outside parties but are not reflected in Lily Bart, the doomed protagonist of Edith Wharton's  novel The House  Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (New York: Penguin, ; first published ), . Edith Wharton charts the tragedy of Lily Bart in terms of resource depletion they're dry," takes high-volume, nonrenewable energy for granted and, specifically, revolutionary new kinds of energy: petroleum, natural gas, and the fossilfueled power stations necessary for the large-scale, continuous production of waste of disoccupation." Lily's beauty inspires diverse responses, from idealization to lust, that also characterize attitudes toward natural resources. Starting with Selden catching sight of Lily, Wharton's resource aesthetics Edith Wharton's Resource Aesthetics and the Dawn of the American Energy Crisis	./cache/work_abzgtnz5pnhhdli33i2hxtormu.pdf	./txt/work_abzgtnz5pnhhdli33i2hxtormu.txt