Anthony Trollope's late style : Victorian liberalism and literary form / Frederik Van Dam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Dam, Frederik, author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882--Literary style.

Trollope, Anthony.

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882--Criticism and interpretation.

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.

Liberalism in literature.

Literary style.

Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 180 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Drawing on provocative research, volumes in the series provide timely revisions of the nineteenth century's literature and culture. Henry James famously dismissed Anthony Trollope's ultimate compositions for their 'fatal dryness of texture' and 'mechanical movement'. Taking its cue from James's observations while challenging his assessment, this study suggests that the peculiar aesthetic of Trollope's late novels was born out of his growing doubt about the viability of liberalism in a world increasingly marked by global capitalism. Anthony Trollope's Late Style shows how in his late novels Trollope experiments with a multitude of literary conventions in order to articulate a form of subjectivity in which the individual element has been erased. Key Features, Examines the writings from the last decade of Trollope's life that have received only scant critical attention, including his novellas and The Life of Cicero, Presents a panorama of Victorian intellectual debates on topics such as colonialism, marginalist economics, nationalism, the classics, pedagogy, legal reform, and urban sociability, Pays attention to the style of a major Victorian novelist often regarded as formally uninteresting, Reveals the radical politics behind Anthony Trollope's artistic praxis Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Trollope's Late Modernity 1

2 'Getting and Spending': The Aesthetic Economist 17

3 'A Bond of Discord': Colonialism and Allegory 26

4 'Convivial in a Cadaverous Fashion': Satires on Sovereignty 38

5 'Active Citizens of a Free State': Hellenising the History of Rome 63

6 'The Tone of Today': Pedagogical Paraphrases 81

7 'An Admirable Shrewdness': Character and the Law 100

8 'A Poise So Perfect': Tact as Love 112

9 'Affectionate Reserve': Tact as Comedy 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748699551

0748699554

OCLC:

920454117