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Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
vanity fair
Author: william makepeace thackeray Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 836
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THE GUIDE TO READING
Author: The Home Guide to Good Reading
Author: David Harrison StevensPublisher:
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Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Thackerayana
Author: Joseph GregoThackeray
Author: Phillip CollinsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349170100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Thackeray's English Humourists and Four Georges
Author: Edgar F. HardenPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874132748
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Thackeray's only two series of public lectures gave an important new dimension to his public presence and to his contemporary reputation as a literary artist. This is the first book on these lecture-essays.
Works
Author: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Thackeray’s Skeptical Narrative and the ‘Perilous Trade’ of Authorship
Author: Judith L. FisherPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351895397
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Drawing on the rhetorical work of James Phelan, Wayne Booth's ethical criticism, recent work on William Makepeace Thackeray, as well as an understanding of the role of skepticism in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English thought, Thackeray's Skeptical Narrative and the "Perilous Trade" of Authorship makes a substantial contribution to nineteenth-century reading practices, as well as narratology in general. Judith Fisher combines in this study rhetorical and ethical analysis of Thackeray's narrative techniques to trace how his fiction develops to educate his reader into what she terms a "hermeneutic of skepticism." This is a kind of poised reading which enables his readers to integrate his fiction into their life in what Thackeray called "a world without God" without becoming pessimistic or fatalistic. Although Thackeray's narrative strategies have been the subject of study, most have focused on Vanity Fair and Henry Esmond only, and none look as closely as does this study at actual rhetorical techniques such as his use of pronominalization to interpolate the reader into his skeptical discourse. Fisher also brings her analysis to bear on The Adventures of Philip and The Virginians, Thackeray's last two complete novels, both of which were critical failures even as contemporary critics acknowledged their stylistic excellence. This is the first study to attempt to understand the puzzle of those two books; Fisher recovers them from their marginalized position in Thackeray's oeuvre. Fisher expertly weaves an accessible narrative theory with thoroughgoing knowledge of Thackeray's life in an integrated reading of his entire works. Reading Thackeray holistically in spite of his own disruptive practices, she does full justice to his critical skepticism while elucidating his canon for a new readership.
How to Read Texts
Author: Neil McCawPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441108181
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Now in its second edition, How to Read Texts introduces students to key critical approaches to literary texts and offers a practical introduction for students developing their own critical and close-reading skills. Written in a lively, jargon-free style, it explains critical concepts, approaches and ideas including: - Debates around critical theory - The role of history and context - The links between creativity and criticism - The relationship between author, reader and text. The new edition now includes guidance on analysing a range of multi-media texts, including film and online media as well as the purely literary. In addition to new practical examples, readings, exercises and 'checkpoints' that help students to build confidence in their own critical readings of both primary and secondary texts, the book now also offers guidance on writing fully-formed critical essays and tips for independent research. Comprehensively updated and revised throughout, How to Read Texts is an indispensible guide for students making the transition to university study.
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