The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel
The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel

Author: Robin Gilmour

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-05

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1317207432

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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.

The Bibliophile Dictionary
The Bibliophile Dictionary

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Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.

Published: 2003-12

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9781410210401

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Originally published in 1904, this is a combination of Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary based on the following principles: First - A brief biographical notice of every important author known in literary history; Second - A bibliographical notice of his principal or best-known works.