W.M. Thackeray and the mediated text
Subtitle: writing for periodicals in the mid-nineteenth century
By: Richard Pearson.
Series: The nineteenth century; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Technique.; Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Relations with editors.; Periodicals -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Serialized fiction -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.; Journalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century.; Press and journalism in literature.
Description: "Thackeray's 'minor writings' remain caught in a debate about what constitutes Literature and whether magazine writing and journalism might be construed as such. This debate was present during the inception of the mass periodical press in the 1830s when Thackeray began his career, and forms part of the context of and reasoning within, and techniques of, Thackeray's work. Throughout his career Thackeray was enmeshed in critical arguments about periodicals, novels, 'realism', and commercialism.

He was himself both (and neither) journalist and literary artist and was at once a product of and critical of emerging writing practices."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-254) and index.