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Anthony Trollope's late style : Victorian liberalism and literary form /

Exploring Anthony Trollope's stylistic innovations in relation to Victorian liberalism. Henry James famously dismissed the works which constitute Anthony Trollope's ultimate compositions for their 'fatal dryness of texture' and 'mechanical movement'. Taking its cue from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Dam, Frederik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on editions and dates
  • Introduction: Trollope's late modernity
  • "Getting and spending": The aesthetic economist
  • "A bond of discord": Colonialism and allegory
  • "Convivial in a cadaverous fashion": Satires on sovereignty
  • "Active citizens of a free state": Hellenising the history of Rome
  • "The tone of today": Pedagogical paraphrases
  • "An admirable shrewdness": Character and the law
  • "A poise so perfect": Tact as love
  • "Affectionate reserve": Tact as comedy.