Thackeray’s Cultural Frame of Reference

Thackeray’s Cultural Frame of Reference
Author: R.D. McMaster
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 203
Release: 1991-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1349120251

This study of "The Newcomes" explores the cultural density found within the novel and reveals how Thackeray exploited allusion in order to present an archetypal and cyclical vision of life, questioning the status and value of fictions and blurring distinctions between history and fiction.