Thackeray and Form of Fiction /

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In a critical examination of Thackeray's style, Mr. Loofbourow shows how Thackeray "hybridized" the genre of the romance by adapting the tone and language of the epic, the chivalric romance, and the pastoral, and by carrying parody and satire to a high technical level. Thackeray used...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Loofbourow, John (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1964.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, > 1811-1863.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, > 1811-1863 > Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. New Relationships in Style, Form, and Content
  • II. Parody of "Fashionable" Fiction (1837-1848): Vanity Fair
  • III. Parody of Chivalric Romance (1845-1849): Vanity Fair
  • IV. Neoclassical Conventions: Vanity Fair, Pendennis, The Newcomes
  • V. Form, Style, and Content in Vanity Fair
  • VI. Allegorical-Biographical-Historical Epic: Henry Esmond
  • VII. Esmond as Epic
  • VIII. Style and Form in Esmond
  • IX. Style and Content in Esmond
  • Index

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