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Thackeray and Form of Fiction
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Thackeray and Form of Fiction
Contributors:
By (Author) John Loofbourow
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Dewey:
823.4
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
246
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
510g
Description
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
