Grant, David2020-10-142022-05-312022-05-312016Grant, David. “Trusting America: Undine Spragg’s Revolutionary Break in The Custom of the Country.” Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, Apr. 2016, pp. 86–115. ProjectMUSE, doi:10.3138/cras.2014.020.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1881This article claims that Undine Spragg’s ascent in Wharton’s The Custom of the Country represents a victory over the traditional American faith in historical continuity as a model for personal progress. In Undine’s recovered memory, oratory suffers a comic debunking that frees Undine to untie the bonds of generational rededication.enAll Rights Reservedoratoryhistorical continuityElmerUndinetrustsgenerational rededicationAmerican progressLarsonArticlehttps://doi.org/10.3138/cras.2014.020