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Emily J. Orlando
The Poetry of Tortured Hearts: On Taylor Swift’s Pre-Raphaelite Era
“Swift seems to be identifying with, and forcefully reimagining, this tragic figure from Victorian history.”
By
Emily J. Orlando
| October 1, 2025
Decorating Houses With Edith Wharton: On Interior Design as Art and Literary Practice
Emily J. Orlando Considers Another Creative Side of the Chronicler of the Gilded Age
By
Emily J. Orlando
| October 18, 2024
The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen
Apple TV+ Isn’t Moving Forward with a Series Adaptation of The Custom of the Country. It’s Their Loss.
By
Emily J. Orlando
| November 8, 2023
“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century
Emily J. Orlando on the Writer’s Enduring Relevance and Foresight
By
Emily J. Orlando
| January 24, 2023
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