Thackeray: The Sentimental Cynic chronicles British novelist William Thackeray's ambivalent attitudes toward society and traces his conduct during the major crises of his life in terms of those attitudes. Lambert Ennis examines the emotional tensions in Thackeray's life and the impact they had in his work. In so doing, he illustrates key themes in Victorian studies more broadly: the question of manners and taste and the relationship between sentimentality and authenticity, and the ways that sentimentality might shape ...
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Thackeray: The Sentimental Cynic chronicles British novelist William Thackeray's ambivalent attitudes toward society and traces his conduct during the major crises of his life in terms of those attitudes. Lambert Ennis examines the emotional tensions in Thackeray's life and the impact they had in his work. In so doing, he illustrates key themes in Victorian studies more broadly: the question of manners and taste and the relationship between sentimentality and authenticity, and the ways that sentimentality might shape morality.
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Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; spine and outer edge of the cloth-covered boards are faded; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first AMS edition! Violet cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 233 historical and informative pages! "The reader who picks up this book expecting a full-dress biography of Thackeray will be disappointed. A minute proportion of the thousands of know facts about his life are included. This study is, if anything at all, a chronicle of Thackeray's attitudes. To achieve this goal I have attempted to trace his conduct during the major crises of his life in terms of those attitudes........"--------from the Preface.
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Fine. As issued without dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1950 Northwestern University Press edition. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition. Unread. A volume in the Northwestern University Humanities series. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Northwestern University Humanities Series; Vol. 25; 8vo.; 233 pages.
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