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Thackeray's skeptical narrative and the "perilous trade" of authorshipThackeray's skeptical narrative and the "perilous trade" of authorship

Thackeray's skeptical narrative and the "perilous trade" of authorship

Judith Law Fisher

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The perilous trade of authorship to which Thackeray refers in his famously succinct observation is the subject of Judith Fisher's study into skepticism and its literary connotations.

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OL6218507W

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Authors and readersEnglish languageHistoryNarration (Rhetoric)Reader-response criticismRhetoricSkepticism in literatureTechniqueEnglish literature, history and criticism, 19th centuryCriticism and interpretationScepticisme dans la littératureNarrationHistoireAnglais (Langue)RhétoriqueEsthétique de la réceptionLITERARY CRITICISMEuropean

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