Fashioning the Silver Fork Novel

Fashion and celebrity may be twenty-first century obsessions, but they were also key concepts in Regency culture. Both celebrated and condemned for their popularity, silver fork novels were extremely prolific during this period. This study looks at the social and literary impact of this significant genre.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Silver Fork? Why Now?; Chapter 1a The World of Ton; Chapter 2 Formulating a Genre; Chapter 3 Educating Readers; Chapter 4 Being Exclusive; Chapter 5 Commercial Texts; Chapter 6 Literary Contexts and Afterlives;

About the author

Cheryl A. Wilson

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl A Wilson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138664548
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66454-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form