The uses of architecture as a metaphor for the critique of American culture - Henry James' The American scene and Edith Wharton's Italian villas and their gardens

Ágnes Zsófia Kovács

Ágnes Zsófia Kovács is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary. She is the author of two books, A Contextual Model of Understanding in Henry James (Mellen 2006) which was awarded the HUSSE Book Award Honorary Mention 2009 and Literature in Context (JatePress 2010). She has published articles on James, Wharton, and contemporary American literature in both Hungarian and international journals and essay collections. She defended her habilitation project on James’ and Wharton’s nonfiction in 2011. Email: akovacs@lit.u-szeged.hu