Anthony Trollope's Late Style (Paperback)

Paperback. This study focuses on Anthony Trollopes stylistic innovations in relation to Victorian liberalismIn his biography of William Makepeace Thackeray, Anthony Trollope posits the ideal of a man without style: I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes. I am not sure but that the same may be said of an authors written language. Trollopes own appearance, unlike his written language, did not pass without observation, however. A contemporary poet recollects that he was hirsute and taurine of aspect. This study unravels this paradox. It disentangles the many threads in Trollopes ostensibly transparent writing and reassembles the political and intellectual fabric that they weave, thus showing how Trollopes language exceeds and questions the concepts provided by contemporary ideologies.Key Features:Shows how Trollopes stylistic peculiarities perform his inflection of Victorian liberalismReads Victorian literature through the lens of German (post-)Romantic thinkers such as Goethe and Walter BenjaminPresents a panorama of Victorian liberalism in its literary, intellectual, and political contextExamines the writings from the last decade of Trollopes life that have received only scant critical attention, such as his novellas and his biographies Examines the full stylistic range of the novels and biographies which Trollope explored in his final decade Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…