The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel - Robin Gilmour

The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
202 Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-67104-1 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
First published in 1981, this book represents the first comprehensive examination of Victorian society’s preoccupation with the ‘notion of the gentleman’ and how this was reflected in the literature of the time. Starting with Addison and Lord Chesterfield, the author explores the influence of the gentlemanly ideal on the evolution of the English middle classes, and reveals its central part in the novels of Thackeray, Dickens and Trollope. Combining social and cultural analysis with literary criticism, this book provides new readings of Vanity Fair and Great Expectations, a fresh approach to Trollope, and a detailed account of the various streams that fed into the idea of the gentleman.

Robin Gilmour

Preface and acknowledgements; Note on Main Texts; Introduction: The Idea of the Gentleman; 1 The Legacy from the Eighteenth Century 2 Thackeray and the Regency 3 The Mid-Century Context 4 Dickens and Great Expectations 5 Trollope and the Squires; Epilogue; Additional Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-67104-5 / 1138671045
ISBN-13 978-1-138-67104-1 / 9781138671041
Zustand Neuware
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