The Gentleman as a Hero? (Mis)representations of Heroic Masculinity in W. M. Thackeray’s <em>Vanity Fair</em>
The aim of the article is to analyse the concept of gentlemanliness with regard to heroic masculinity in W.M. Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair. Set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars and written in the 1840s, the novel casts light on the controversial nature of the notion of gentleman. In the Victorian...
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University of Tartu Press
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Interlitteraria |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/IL/article/view/14011 |