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Stephen Wall, Trollope and Character and Other Essays on Victorian Literature

Author: Seamus Perry   Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series

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A collection of the principal publications of the distinguished scholar-critic Stephen Wall.

'Stephen Wall, "Trollope and Character" (1988) and Other Essays on Victorian Literature' is a collection of critical essays by the eminent literary critic Stephen Wall, including his exceptional writings on Anthony Trollope, as well as brilliant studies of Charles Dickens and other major Victorian figures.

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Stephen Wall, 'Trollope and Character' and Other Essays on Victorian Literature gathers together the principal publications of the distinguished scholar-critic Stephen Wall. Widely regarded for his writings on the Victorian novel, Wall's major writings about Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, including the full text of his book-length study Trollope and Character (1988) and a history of Dickens's reception, are contained in this volume. Also included are Wall's reflections on Jane Austen and George Eliot and on other aspects of nineteenthcentury fiction, as well as his influential essay on the ways in which English novels should be edited. Together, the essays communicate the mixture of learning, human sympathy, critical intelligence and dry wit that made Wall's voice so distinctive and trusted.

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About the Author

Seamus Perry is professor of English in the English Faculty at Oxford University, UK, and a fellow of the university's Balliol College. He is a co-editor of the journal Essays in Criticism, of which Stephen Wall was, for many years, the principal editor. Perry has published books on Coleridge, Tennyson and T. S. Eliot, and articles and essays on various aspects of nineteenth-century English literature.

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Stephen Wall, 'Trollope and Character' and Other Essays on Victorian Literature gathers together the principal publications of the distinguished scholar-critic Stephen Wall. Widely regarded for his writings on the Victorian novel, Wall's major writings about Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, including the full text of his book-length study Trollope and Character (1988) and a history of Dickens's reception, are contained in this volume. Also included are Wall's reflections on Jane Austen and George Eliot and on other aspects of nineteenthcentury fiction, as well as his influential essay on the ways in which English novels should be edited. Together, the essays communicate the mixture of learning, human sympathy, critical intelligence and dry wit that made Wall's voice so distinctive and trusted.

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Product Details

Publisher
Anthem Press
Published
14th July 2018
Format
Hardcover
Pages
340
ISBN
9781783088171

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