The Hero In Eclipse: In Victorian Fiction
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A landmark work of literary criticism, The Hero in Eclipse in Victorian Fiction presents a sweeping and erudite analysis of the bourgeois transformation of the hero in nineteenth-century English literature. Mario Praz, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished Italian literary scholars, argues that the grand Romantic hero gradually retreated from Victorian fiction, supplanted by ordinary, domestic, and morally ambiguous figures reflecting the rising middle class. With characteristic scholarly precision, Praz chronicles this cultural and aesthetic shift through close readings of major Victorian novelists including Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, and Trollope. Translated from the Italian by Angus Davidson, the work brings a distinctly Continental perspective to the English literary tradition, illuminating connections and patterns that Anglo-centric criticism had long overlooked. Authoritative, wide-ranging, and written with intellectual elegance, this volume remains an essential reference for students and scholars of Victorian literature and cultural history.
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, with some tanning. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Firm. No stickers or labels visible; title page is clean and legible.
A landmark work of literary criticism, The Hero in Eclipse in Victorian Fiction presents a sweeping and erudite analysis of the bourgeois transformation of the hero in nineteenth-century English literature. Mario Praz, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished Italian literary scholars, argues that the grand Romantic hero gradually retreated from Victorian fiction, supplanted by ordinary, domestic, and morally ambiguous figures reflecting the rising middle class. With characteristic scholarly precision, Praz chronicles this cultural and aesthetic shift through close readings of major Victorian novelists including Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, and Trollope. Translated from the Italian by Angus Davidson, the work brings a distinctly Continental perspective to the English literary tradition, illuminating connections and patterns that Anglo-centric criticism had long overlooked. Authoritative, wide-ranging, and written with intellectual elegance, this volume remains an essential reference for students and scholars of Victorian literature and cultural history.
