Thackeray at Work

by J.A. Sutherland

The study of Thackeray's major fiction reconstructs the novelist's working methods with the help of manuscript material, much of it previously unpublished. The book's main argument is directed against the commonplace view that Thackeray was in some way a 'careless' artist. Much that appears casual or unpremeditated in his work can in fact be explained by the mode of composition which he developed in response both to the publishing conditions of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147250917X
• ISBN13: 9781472509178
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"