1st Edition
Male Adolescence in Mid-Victorian Fiction George Meredith, W. M. Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope
By Alice Crossley
Copyright 2018
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Focusing on works by George Meredith, W. M. Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope, Alice Crossley examines the emergence of adolescence in the mid-Victorian period as a distinct form of experience. Adolescence, Crossley shows, appears as a discrete category of identity that draws on but is nonetheless distinguishable from other masculine types. Important more as a stage of psychological awareness and... Read more
Note on Textual Editions. 1 Introduction. 2 The Bildungsroman and Advertising: Thackeray. 3 Manly Conduct: Meredith and the Culture of Improvement. 4 Investments in Youth: Speculation and Liberal Adolescence in Trollope. 5 The Language of Filial Dialogue in Meredith. 6 Aberrant Youth: The Dandy, the Wild Man, and the Deviant. Conclusion. Bibliography.
Biography
Alice Crossley is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University of Lincoln, UK.
