“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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Argitaratua izan da:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cve,
Egile nagusia: Leroy, Maxime
Formatua: Article ou chapitre numérique
Hizkuntza:Anglais
Argitaratua: Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 2017
Sarrera elektronikoa:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Gaia: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.