Alice Crossley

Male Adolescence in Mid-Victorian Fiction

George Meredith, W. M. Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on works by George Meredith, W. M. Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope, Alice Crossley expounds on the emergence of adolescence in the mid-Victorian period as a distinct category of identity and form of experience. She argues that male adolescence provides Thackeray, Trollope, and Meredith with opportunities for self-reflection and social crit

Produktdetails

• The Nineteenth Century Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780367666248
• ISBN-10: 0367666243
• Artikelnr.: 59994700

Autorenporträt

Alice Crossley is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University of Lincoln, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Textual Editions. 1 Introduction. 2 The Bildungsroman and
Advertising: Thackeray. 3 Manly Conduct: Meredith and the Culture of
Improvement. 4 Investments in Youth: Speculation and Liberal Adolescence in
Trollope. 5 The Language of Filial Dialogue in Meredith. 6 Aberrant Youth:
The Dandy, the Wild Man, and the Deviant. Conclusion. Bibliography.