| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 127 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's masterworks series ; no. 157 |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 157
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| Contents |
Chronology: W.M. Thackeray's life and works -- 1. Historical context -- 2. The importance of the work -- 3. Critical reception -- 4. Expanding panorama -- 5. Emerging serial -- 6. The narrator -- 7. Style and substance |
| Summary |
Maintaining that Vanity Fair "calls into fundamental question the value of worldly pursuits," Harden expertly leads readers to a solid understanding of the "Thackerayan perspective" and to a true appreciation for why George Eliot, in 1857, proclaimed Thackeray "the most powerful of living novelists." |
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In Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, Edgar F. Harden presents the first substantial critical study devoted to Thackeray's masterpiece. Designed to orient the reader to the multiplicities of Thackeray's perspective on human experience, the study commences with a broad contextual overview of the historical, literary, and critical environment shaping Thackeray's life and times. Subsequent chapters deliver a close reading of the novel, paying particular attention to issues of substance and style, the complex role of the narrator, and the elaborate characterizations of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley; detailed coverage is also given to the significance of the serialized form in which the novel was first published |
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Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Vanity Fair, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author |
| Analysis |
English fiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-124) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Vanity fair.
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| SUBJECT |
Vanity fair (Thackeray, William Makepeace) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356242 |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95006208 |
| ISBN |
0805719474 |
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9780805719475 |
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