Thackeray and form of fiction / John Loofbourow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loofbourow, John, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863--Criticism and interpretation.

Thackeray, William Makepeace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1964.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 these techniques with particular success in Vanity Fair and Henry Esmond. Besides analyzing these two works, Mr. Loofbourow discusses the significance of epic in the 19th century, the expressive values of the novel as a whole, and the relevance of Thackeray's methods to the work of such writers as George Eliot, Henry James, Virginia Woolf, and E. M. Forster. His book is an attempt to come to terms with Thackeray's style, and a work conceivably destined to become a landmark among the very few acceptable studies of English fiction. It should prove indispensable to anyone interested in style in fiction, and should at the same time precipitate a new trend in Thackeray scholarship.Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65125-6

1-4008-7924-8

OCLC:

966771237