Phineas Redux
By: Anthony Trollope ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Bowen
Contributors: Bowen, John
Edition: New ed.
Series: Oxford world's classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9780199583485
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Widowers; Fiction; Legislators; Crimes against; Plantagenet Palliser (Fictitious character)
Description: The fourth of Trollope's Palliser novels, Phineas Redux is one of his most spellbinding achievements. Trollope shows a remarkably prescient sense of the importance of intrigue, bribery, and sexual scandal, and the power of the press to make or break a political career. He is equally skilled in portraying the complex nature of Phineas's romantic entanglements with three powerful women: the mysterious Madame Max, the devoted Laura Kennedy, and the irrepressible Lady Glencora (now Duchess of Omnium). In his introduction, John Bowen highlights the weaving of public events and private passions in the book, the strength of the female characters, and the analogies, both subtle and comic, between the different kinds of action (politics, hunting, romance) that the book contains. An appendix outlines the internal chronology of the series, providing a unique understanding of the six novels as a linked narrative. In addition, the book features a compact biography of Trollope and a chronology charts his life against the major historical events of the period. Numerous notes explain political, cultural, and social allusions. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Biographical preface; title: Introduction; title: Note on the text; title: Select bibliography; title: A chronology of Anthony Trollope; title: Phineas Redux; title: Appendix : The chronology and political contexts of the Palliser novels; title: Explanatory notes