1st Edition

Thackeray The Novelist

By Geoffrey Tillotson Copyright 1954
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

Geoffrey Tillotson