Thackeray
The Novelist
Geoffrey Tillotson(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 2023
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-032-46243-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1954, Thackeray is intended as a reminder that Thackeray is, after all, a great novelist. Professor Tillotson, admiring the novels as great literature, explores their common characteristics and those they share with the rest of Thackeray's writings - for he sees Thackeray's work as all of a piece. He is particularly interested in Thackeray's methods of narration and in the philosophic commentary which forms a sort of trellis for almost everything he put out. He sees him mainly as a writer who, subtle as he is, address himself to readers honoured as ordinary human beings. In two appendices, Professor Tillotson deals with two particular modern opinions - that Thackeray spoiled his novels by an 'infiltration' into them of his own biography, and that he has no place in the great novel tradition. This book will be of interest to students of literature and history.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-46243-1 (9781032462431)
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Person
Geoffrey Tillotson
Content
Preface Bibliographical Note and Acknowledgements Chronological Note Abbreviations 1. 'To Define the Thackerayan Oneness' 2. The Oneness of the Materials 3. The Oneness of Form and Manner 4. The Content of the Authorial 'I' 5. The Author's Conduct of his Commentary 6. The Author's Truthfulness of Personage and Action 7. The Author's Philosophy Appendix I Appendix II Indexes Plates