The Idea of the Gentleman in the Victorian Novel

by Robin Gilmour

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113867107X
• ISBN13: 9781138671072
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"