The Wisdom of Eccentric Old Men: A Study of Type and Secondary Character in Gald�s's Social Novels, 1870-1897

Bly, Peter Anthony

ISBN 10: 0773528024 ISBN 13: 9780773528024

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004

Language: English

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The Wisdom of Eccentric Old Men: A Study of Type and Secondary Character in Gald�s's Social Novels, 1870-1897

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McGill-Queen's University Press

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2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0773528024

ISBN 13

9780773528024

Binding

Hardcover

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Very Good

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Bly's principal revelation is that Gald�s deliberately and consistently used this secondary type to emphasize the significance of the major plot developments and to underline the strengths or weaknesses of principal characters. In filling these roles the eccentric old men develop from comic shallow types into more complex secondary characters, men of insight and wisdom, who occupy a pivotal position in the novels.

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