Reading Thackeray

by Michael Lund

Book Overview

Although scholars are aware that serialization was the usual publication format for the Victorian novel, few take into account how this special reading experience affected the meaning of Thackeray's novels for his audience. Thackeray used a number of techniques to encourage his readers to take an active and prolonged part in his installment fiction. Michael Lund's study focuses on the reading of Thackeray's novels and investigates how Victorian understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814319882
• ISBN13: 9780814319888
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"