“An Essay on Thunder and Small Beer”: a Systemic Approach to Thackeray’s Preface to The Kickleburys on the Rhine

Thackeray’s preface was written in response to an unfavourable review published in The Times. Using systemic triangulation will consist in reading it from three different but complementary angles: its functional, structural and historical aspects. The article will show how the preface is part of a b...

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Main Author: Maxime Leroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2010-06-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/3105
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description Thackeray’s preface was written in response to an unfavourable review published in The Times. Using systemic triangulation will consist in reading it from three different but complementary angles: its functional, structural and historical aspects. The article will show how the preface is part of a broader peritextual pattern in which Thackeray defines the roles of author and reader both from a literary and an economic perspective.
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“An Essay on Thunder and Small Beer”: a Systemic Approach to Thackeray’s Preface to The Kickleburys on the Rhine
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title “An Essay on Thunder and Small Beer”: a Systemic Approach to Thackeray’s Preface to The Kickleburys on the Rhine
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